Our staff is well-versed in a host of conservation-minded zoning regulations. Whether you are looking for new subdivisions with open space, riparian ordinances, standards for compact, mixed-use villages, or a list of great shade trees, we can help.
For over a decade, NLT has been selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to provide ordinances, site design, workshops, and training under the state-wide Growing Greener: Conservation by Design program. We can extend acquisition programs with land use ordinances that preserve land through the development process.
The resulting conservation subdivisions preserve more than half of the development parcel as open space, at little or no cost to the municipality. In 2010, we expanded Growing Greener’s offerings with a new commercial corridor zoning ordinance based on Senior Conservation Advisor Randall Arendt’s new book Envisioning Better Communities.
We have provided consulting services to 152 municipalities in 26 Pennsylvania counties. The communities in our region that have adopted Growing Greener: Conservation by Design ordinances are currently setting aside an average of 62 percent of the land in new developments as open space.
How Growing Greener: Conservation by Design Works
Using development to save land? It’s worked for dozens of municipalities in Pennsylvania. Here’s how.
