Transcription of Planning Implementation Tools Overlay Zoning
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Planning Implementation Tools Overlay Zoning Center for Land Use Education November 2005. TOOL DESCRIPTION Potential Uses Overlay Zoning is a regulatory tool that creates a special Zoning Create a walkable community, district, placed over an existing base zone(s), which identifies special connect pathways provisions in addition to those in the underlying base zone. (see Preserve/enhance a special Figure 1). The Overlay district can share common boundaries with district the base zone or cut across base zone boundaries. Regulations or incentives are attached to the Overlay district to protect a specific Encourage economic resource or guide development within a special area. development Preserve/enhance rural COMMON USES character Natural Resource Protection Protect quality of surface water Overlay districts can manage development in or near environmentally Protect groundwater quality and sensitive areas, such as groundwater recharge areas ( to ensure quantity water quality and quantity), special habitat ( species or feature Manage stormwater protection) or floodplains ( prevent flood damage).
Overlay Zoning Overlay zoning is a regulatory tool that creates a special zoning district, placed over an existing base zone(s), which identifi es special provisions in addition to those in the underlying base zone. (see Figure 1). The overlay district can share common boundaries with the base zone or cut across base zone boundaries ...
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