Local Governments

Boulder’s Universal Zero Waste Ordinance

Requires business owners, residential property owners, institutions, and event permit holders in Boulder to provide separate and convenient compostable material containers and collection services.

Amherst MA’s Cluster Development Rules

Provides a detailed ratio for “developed land” to “common land” in Amherst’s Cluster Developments. For every dwelling unit, the code requires 2,000 square feet of usable common land.

Chiply FL’s Cluster Zoning

Requires that cluster developments preserve fifty percent open space in exchange for reducing the minimum lot size from one dwelling unit per ten acres, to two dwelling units per acre.

Concord MA Cluster Zoning

Allows cluster developments reduced minimum lot sizes and requires fifty percent of land be perpetually maintained as open space for agriculture, parks, recreation, or conservation

Baltimore County Cluster Zoning

Cluster development is required for the subdivision of land in certain “Resource Conservation” districts.

Jamestown RI Cluster Development

Stipulates that, within three of the region's largest zones, clustered development is required for any subdivision of land over five acres.