Options Database

Adopt and enforce wildland-urban interface fire codes

Adopt and update sediment and erosion control regulations

Adopt freeboard and elevation requirements in floodplain regulations

Adopt hazard overlay zones and district-based development regulations

Adopt low-impact development standards and regulations

Adopt policies protecting watershed function and air and water quality

Adopt policies sustaining agricultural viability under climate change

Consider and adopt hazard-resistant building codes and design standards

Direct compact development toward lower-risk areas

Incentivize conservation easements and working lands protection

Incentivize rehabilitation and reuse of vacant properties

Inventory and reduce herbicide and pesticide use on public lands

Limit impervious surfaces through standards and incentives

Locate critical and water infrastructure outside hazard-prone areas

Map and manage invasive species for climate-adapted landscapes

Promote soil health and regenerative land management practices

Protect pollinators and beneficial species through habitat and pest management

Provide shade and drought-tolerant plantings for livestock

Require hazard risk assessment in development review for high-hazard areas

Require hazard setbacks and natural buffers in development