Update:Best Local Land Use Practices

Kirby Date, AICP

April 1, 2009

BLLUP 2006/7

• Awareness Sessions• 10 Technical

workshops• Launch technical

assistance• Evaluation with

Coastal Training Program

Lessons Learned 2006/2007

• Increase technical workshops to one day, diversify presenters

• Provide motivation for elected officials not attending technical sessions

• Explore training for engineers

BLLUP 2008

• 2 Technical Workshops• Ongoing presentations to

communities/groups• One on one technical

assistance• DVD to promote “the

message”• Identification of new

research needs: Coastal Training Program

• Plan for targeted technical workshops

BLLUP 2008: Technical Assistance

• Springfield Township, Lucas County

• Monclova Township, Lucas County

• City of South Euclid, Cuyahoga County

• Chatham Township, Medina County

• Peninsula Village, Summit County

• Eaton Township, Lorain County

• Black River RAP, Lorain County

Lessons Learned/2008 Year

• Conduct case studies on development impact

• Train engineers in hands-on format for plan preparation and plan review

BLLUP 2009

• Ongoing awareness sessions• Expanded technical workshops• Case studies showing costs-benefits

of Best Practices• Case studies of development

implications of Best Practices• Continued technical assistance to

local communities• Work with OWRC on statewide

BLLUP initiative

Case Studies - (draft)

• Stream Setbacks: Illustration of development impact in residential (various densities) and commercial situations

• Project Case Studies: illustrate engineering design of LID project throughout its life – real projects – commercial, small, redevelopment, residential – illustrate range of solutions

• Blanks: “blank” project case studies for use in workshops

Case Studies -Practices (draft)

• Parking Lot Design

• Permeable pavement

• Pocket wetlands

• Bioretention Cells

• Dry/wet enhanced swales

• Infiltration basins

• Vegetated filter strips

Questions?

Kirby Date, AICPLevin College of Urban Affairs, CSU

216-687-5477k.date@csuohio.edu