Model Ordinances

Model Naturalized Landscape Ordinance with Commentary

2025

Weed ordinances serve to combat problems associated with neglect. But how can this purpose be balanced with a goal to permit or encourage landowners to embrace ecologically beneficial landscape practices? The Model Naturalized Landscape Ordinance is a tool for achieving this balance. The model has benefited from peer review but will remain labeled as draft until WeConservePA collects and considers additional comment. Please send comments ASAP to Justin Hollinger at [email protected]. Though labeled "draft," the model is suitable for adaptation and adoption by municipalities now. 

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Model Riparian Buffer Protection Overlay District: Proposed Regulation for Use in a Municipal Zoning Ordinance, 2nd Edition

2016
Pennsylvania municipalities may ensure the protection and restoration of riparian buffers with their land use regulations. Local governments can adapt the Model Riparian Buffer Protection Overlay District to their particular circumstances. The model is accompanied by a letter from attorney Fronefield Crawford, Jr. attesting to the model’s legal defensibility and reasonableness vis-à-vis private property rights.
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