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Updated 12/2011
Planning Near Pipelines: Sample Land Use Ordinances
This page, part of MRSC's Planning Near Pipelines section, contains sample land use ordinances which contain some of the best practices for planning near pipelines.
Washington State
- Benton County Ordinance No. 474 (
) - Subdivision amendments that include requirement for consultation with owner/operator of a pipeline for properties within 150 feet of a hazardous product transmission pipeline, passed 07/2010 - See, in particular, sections 10 and 12
- King County Code Sec. 21A.12.140 () - Setbacks from regional utility corridors (provides for 100-foot setback for any structure designed for human occupancy, and five feet for almost all other structures)
- La Center Ordinance No. 2009-013 () - Sensitive Utility Corridor Overlay District, passed 11/2009
- Redmond Municipal Code Ch. 21.26 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
- Roy Ordinance No. 863 () - Adds a pipeline consultation zone to the land development code for designated activities within 660 feet of a hazardous liquid or natural gas transmission line, passed 12/12/2011
- Skagit County Ordinance No. O201110010 - Requiring Consultation with Pipeline Operators for Development within Pipeline Consultation Areas, passed 12/2011
- Whatcom County Code Ch. 20.81 - Pipeline Safety
Out of State
- Austin, TX
- Austin Municipal Code Sec. 25-2-516 - Land Use Development - Development Near a Hazardous Pipeline
- Austin Municipal Code Sec. 25-4-134 - Subdivision - Platting Requirements - Hazardous Pipelines
- Brookings County, SD County Code Article 24.00 - Transmission Pipeline Risk Reduction Overlay District
- Champaign County, IL Ordinance No. 841 () - Amendments to the County Zoning Ordinance re: Pipeline Impact Radius, passed 11/2008
- O'Fallon, MO
- O’Fallon Municipal Code - Title IV - Land and Use - Zoning Code. Article VI. Supplementary District Regulations, Sec. 400.250 - Pipeline Setbacks
- Area Plan Application - Planned Developments () - Requires identification of pipeline easements, see page 5
See also the MRSC related page Washington Local Government Pipeline Information for other pipeline ordinance provisions.