Oakland’s Planning Code allows both live/work and work/live units, depending on whether the primary use is residential or nonresidential. These units are permitted within the mixed-use districts and must meet certain criteria.
Zoning code permits home occupations with a focus on preserving the character of the neighborhood and the residential quality of the home.
Portland’s efforts to coordinate transportation investments and land use policies has resulted in a range of travel options, a revitalized downtown, and walkable, transit-oriented communities.
Requires MPOs to prepare strategies to meet GHG targets, and requires each MPO to develop a sustainable communities strategy that includes not only transportation strategies but also steps such as promoting more compact development.
Will upzone nearly the entire city, allowing taller buildings with more units, eliminate off-street parking requirements throughout the city, and sets a goal to reduce VMT by 40%.
Charlotte is implementing a long-range plan that includes investing in light rail and bus rapid transit projects in five corridors, revising local land use provisions to guide growth, and providing incentives for transit-oriented development.
Includes a model transit-oriented development code, showing how to create subdistricts, mandate pedestrian frontage, use standards, accessory uses, intensity requirements, and more.
Community Design + Architecture Inc. has developed a Model Transit-Oriented District Overlay Zoning Ordinance to assist jurisdictions in development of Transit-Oriented District codes.