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as those established by the National Recreation
<br />and Parks Association (Penbrooke 2o07).
<br />THE ADOPTION PROCESS
<br />Once the community has decided which topics
<br />or categories of sustainable regulations to con-
<br />sider for inclusion in the zoning code, the project
<br />team will need to determine how to organize
<br />the regulatory drafting, public review, and adop-
<br />tion. While there are a few ways to organize the
<br />drafting and public review process, factoring in
<br />the time needed for good public understanding
<br />of the draft regulations maybe the best way to
<br />guide the process. Where the public is already
<br />included in the sustainability discussion and is
<br />ready for the code changes —typically following
<br />the creation of a sustainable plan just prior to
<br />the code update —the updates can be drafted
<br />and discussed simultaneously in a single pack-
<br />age. This allows a concentrated focus on the cur-
<br />rent code, minimal redundant research by staff
<br />for editing purposes, and a single public review
<br />and adoption process. Where, however, a thor-
<br />ough public outreach and educational process
<br />might be helpful with both the adoption process
<br />and long-term implementation of the changes,
<br />it is probably beneficial to take the code edits
<br />forward individually by topic and spend the nec-
<br />essary time helping the community understand
<br />the importance of each change. Communities
<br />may choose to organize individual edits to move
<br />into public discussion and adoption as fast as
<br />the community deems appropriate. This might
<br />range from one proposed topic of revisions at
<br />a time in a rolling process, where review may
<br />overlap depending on the length of the public
<br />conversation, to one proposed topic of revisions
<br />following the adoption of each previous topic.
<br />AND EVERYTHING ELSE
<br />The techniques listed above are not the exclu-
<br />sive means to incorporating sustainable regula-
<br />tions in the local zoning code. Other examples
<br />of sustainable regulations from communities
<br />across the country include diverse and afford-
<br />able housing, local food and agriculture, waste
<br />reduction and recycling, climate adaption, and
<br />green construction standards. Because sustain-
<br />able zoning is still relatively new, there will be
<br />more concepts added in the future as well as
<br />refinements to the approaches already in use.
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