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Best Local Land Use Practices
The Best Local Land Use Practices document outlines recommendation local government land use and planning practices for a range of subjects related to Balanced Growth. Subjects addressed include comprehensive planning, compact development, conservation development, stream and wetland protection, woodland protection, source water protection, agricultural preservation, transfer of development rights, brownfields, and more. The recommendations are accompanied by model and example regulations. For more information, see the Ohio Balanced Growth web site, Balanced Growth.