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Ohio Balanced Growth Program
Zoning and Planning for Natural Areas Management
Kirby Date, AICP, Cleveland State University
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Natural Landscapes Are Important in Development Areas
• Existing or new• Purify air and water• Reduce watershed flood
impacts: Slow water down and absorb it
• Add value to property and community
• Provide peaceful settings and places to recreate
• Trees reduce energy needs by providing shade and windbreaks
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Recommendations
• Preserve large blocks of open space
• Strategize early for high priority natural areas and woodlands
• Get expert advice• Prepare site properly
for new planting • Protect during
construction• Monitor after
construction
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Tools for Communities• Comprehensive Planning Policy• Balanced Growth Watershed Planning
Partnerships• Land acquisition• Landowner planning and conservation
easements• Stream, floodplain, and wetland setback
ordinances• Conservation development ordinances• Tree and woodland protection ordinances• Natural areas management ordinances• Balanced Growth Resources!
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Comprehensive Planning Policy
• Objective analysis of resources community-wide
• Incorporates community consensus
• Broad policy guide, lays groundwork for zoning and other action steps
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Balanced Growth Watershed Plans:Voluntary, Locally-Determined Collaborative Planning
A complement to local
Land Use plans:Linking PDAs, PCAs,PAAs to incentives
Extra points on applications Special consideration in review processPercentage point discountsPriority technical assistanceGrant programs
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Land Acquisition: Our Public Parks and Preserves
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Swan Creek
Metroparks land acquisition in Oak Openings
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Conservation Easements
• Private action step• Property must have
“conservation value”• Open space/forests• Stream corridors• Agricultural land• Historic – land or
façade• Scenic corridors/vistas
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Conservation Easement Holders
• Communities• Park Districts, SWCDs• Nonprofit organizations
(with public purpose) – land trusts, historic orgs., CMNH
• Other State and Local public agencies
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
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Conservation Easements on Development Projects
• May not be tax break for developer
• Need willing easement holder
• Monitoring for encroachment a must
• Demonstrate and keep conservation value
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• Provide natural landscaped area for improved absorption/filtering
• Apply to meadows, shrub meadows, and woodlands
• Reduce lawn area (runoff, pollutants)
• Add to aesthetic value• Lower maintenance
costs over time
Zoning Provisions: Natural Areas Establishment/Management
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Checklist for code review:Natural Areas Management
• Exempt natural areas from mowing ordinances
• Allow meadows, succession, young woodland, wetlands
• Provide an expert• Optional review body• Provide community
with authority to remedy problems
• Address education
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Zoning code provisions:Tree and Woodland Protection
1) Pre-design assessment by certified professional• NOT detailed survey
initially• Prioritization based on
health, species, location, tolerance
2) Site design accommodates priorities3) Construction protection4) Post-construction monitoring
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Zoning Provisions: Stream, Floodplain, and Wetland Protection
• Prohibit development in the floodplain, with concessions made to accommodate special needs
• Prohibit construction of any kind within the setback width
• Widen the setback width to accommodate wetlands and 100 year floodplain
• Encourage native vegetation and trees
• Include monitoring, grandfathering and variance provisions
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Conventional Conservation Development• 40-50% Permanent Open Space• Provisions for Quality Open Space• Resource Protection• Appropriate Development
Intensity
Zoning Code Provisions: Conservation Development
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Linking Land Use and Ohio’s Waters
A Planning Framework
Best Local Land Use Practices
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• Location of development for minimum impact• Management and control of storm water and
erosion• Protection of stream and wetland areas so
they can do their job as storm water infrastructure
• Protection of scenic, historic and natural resources to create our “great place”
Our Local Government Decisions Make a Difference!
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Best Local Land Use Practices
• Comprehensive Planning
• Compact Development
• Conservation Development
• Storm Water Management
• Stream, Wetland and Floodplain Protection
• Natural Areas Establishment
• Source Water Protection
• Woodland Protection• Steep Slope
Protection• Transfer of
Development Rights• Agricultural Land
Protection• Brownfields
Redevelopment• Historic Protection• Scenic Protection• Access Management
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Resources: Bibliography150 papers on the economic benefits of the practices
• “Trees improve home values. Tree cover provides up to $20,000 or 10% increase in value to residential homes in urban settings. (Dimke 2008)
• “The more forest cover there is in a watershed, the lower the treatment costs for suppliers drawing from surface water sources. For every 10% increase in forest cover in the source area, treatment and chemical costs decreased by approximately 20%” (Trust for Public Land)
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Resources: Example Codes and Comparison Matrices
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Tools: Case Studies and Example Projects
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Resources: Technical Assistance
• 24 hours free technical assistance available to individual communities
• South Euclid: review of PUD code and available sites
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Resources:
• Toledo Botanical Gardenhttp://toledogarden.org• Your County SWCD• Your Local Metroparks• ODNR Division of Forestryhttp://ohiodnr.com/forestry• Ohio Balanced Growth Programhttp://balancedgrowth.ohio.gov
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Gail HesseExecutive DirectorSandra Kosek-SillsEnvironmental Specialist419-621-2040 (office)419-357-2775 (cell)[email protected]
Brian HallAdministratorwww.ohiodnr.com/owrc
Kirby Date, AICPBest Local Land Use PracticesProgram [email protected]