Model Environmental Protection Ordinances recommended through environmental planning initiatives
These model ordinances can be used as template for local units of governerment wishing to adopt environmental protection ordinances.
Stream buffer ordinance: Developed by City of Peoria Planning Department Staff 2005.
Steep slope protection ordinance: Developed by the Illinois River Valley Council of Governments' Stormwater Advisory Committtee 2006.
Unified Stormwater Ordinance: Developed by the Peoria Lakes Tributaries Technical Advisory Committee 2004.
