Growth
Management Land Use Planning Green Leases and Water Quality
Your Community Plan for
preserving local buildings and sites of archaeological, cultural and historic
significance should:
list all archaeological, cultural and historic resources,
identify those potentially threatened by future growth,
recommend actions for safeguarding each, and
explain why the selected actions will achieve long term preservation Read
Green Leases for Properties
and Communities. Green Leases promote energy efficiency by creating lease
structures which equitably align the costs and benefits of efficiency
investments between building owners and tenants Read
Travel
Services Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Projects
Growth Management and Land
Use Planning. Towns Cities and Counties have plans that set forth how an area
should grow i.e. shopping centers, new schools, housing projects and
commercial, residential, institutional or industrial development. Your
Local Area Plan shows how anticipated growth is likely to affect quality of
life for current and future residents as well as visitors to the community Read
A Water Quality Plan should
list all the waters and their quality condition expressed as:
Excellent waters are fit for
all human uses and can support sensitive fish and other aquatic creatures; Good waters can support a high number of
game fish but not highly-sensitive organisms;
Fair waters support few game
fish and are not suitable for swimming;
Poor quality waters support
only the most pollution-tolerant organisms Read