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Articles about Zoning
67 articles across 2 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Animal Husbandry
A decision framework for keeping animals at household scale. What it actually requires before you buy anything, how to read your property, and how to choose which animal fits your household first.
Backyard Chicken Keeping
Raising backyard chickens for eggs and self-reliance. Flock basics, coop requirements, feeding, winter care, predator protection, Salmonella hygiene, and local regulations.
Backyard Poultry
Chickens, ducks, or quail: comparing space, eggs, noise, and predator-hardiness to help you choose the right backyard poultry for your household.
Beekeeping: Zoning, Registration, and the Sting-Allergy Question Before You Start
What a backyard hive actually asks of a household: the state registration law most beekeepers don't know exists, zoning and neighbor considerations, real cost and time commitment, and the sting-allergy question to settle before bees arrive.
Duck Keeping
Raising backyard ducks for eggs. Breed selection, housing, water needs, feeding, predator protection, and Salmonella hygiene for a small duck flock.
Quail Raising
Raising backyard quail for eggs in minimal space. Coturnix quail basics, caging, feeding, predator protection, and Salmonella hygiene for a small covey.
Raising Pigs: Feeder Pigs, Fencing, and the Zoning Question Most Guides Skip
A finite six-month cycle, not an ongoing chore: buying a feeder pig, containment that actually holds, the zoning restriction that catches more households than any other animal in this cluster, and the pork cooking temperature that matters.
Before You Buy: 20 Land Due Diligence Questions
Twenty questions before signing on any rural property: legal access, water rights, well testing, septic suitability, flood plain, wildfire risk, and title.
Land and Self-Reliance
Your household's relationship to land determines its self-reliance ceiling. Guides for renters, urban lots, suburban yards, rural acreage, water rights, zoning, and buying land.
Small Impoundments and Micro-Dams
What storing water behind a small dam offers a micro-hydro system, and what it demands in engineering, permitting and permanent liability. The three failure modes and their national statistics, why hazard classification describes consequences rather than condition, and why this guide stops short of build instructions.
Water Rights and Permits
Three separate bodies of law govern a micro-hydro project: the state right to use the water, federal energy jurisdiction under the Federal Power Act, and Clean Water Act permitting. Federal jurisdiction turns on where a project sits rather than how large it is, and there is a formal process for finding out where you stand.
Why Most Residential Wind Disappoints
Measured capacity factors against advertised figures, real installed cost per kilowatt, and the four failure patterns behind the gap between what small wind is expected to produce and what it typically does. Closes with the conditions under which it genuinely works.
Wind at Property Scale
The Wind track of the property-scale Generation section. Seven guides on small wind, opening with the honest position that it is the most oversold source on the site. Site assessment, why most installations disappoint, horizontal and vertical axis machines, towers and their maintenance burden, system control and braking, and the zoning that decides most projects before a turbine is ever chosen.
Wiring, Disconnects and Code
What an off-grid system demands electrically and why the work is licensed. DC arc behaviour, battery fault current and interrupting ratings, voltage drop, disconnects, and the permit and inspection path. Explains the requirements without publishing conductor sizing or installation procedure.
Zoning and Land Use: What Your Property Actually Allows
How to read zoning code, what residential zones permit by right vs conditionally, and how to navigate approvals for chickens, ADUs, solar, composting, and home businesses.
Zoning and Permits for Small Wind
Why a typical 35 foot residential height limit stops most home wind projects before they start, how setbacks decide the parcel size you need, what sound and shadow flicker rules ask for, covenants and interconnection, and when the FAA has to be notified.
Section
Preparedness
Alabama Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Alabama land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for AL landowners.
Alaska Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Alaska land guide: water rights (state permit system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for AK landowners.
Arizona Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Arizona land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for AZ landowners.
Arkansas Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Arkansas land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for AR landowners.
California Land and Self-Reliance Guide
California land guide: water rights (hybrid system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for CA landowners.
Colorado Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Colorado land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for CO landowners.
Connecticut Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Connecticut land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for CT landowners.
Delaware Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Delaware land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for DE landowners.
District of Columbia Land and Self-Reliance Guide
District of Columbia land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for DC landowners.
Florida Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Florida land guide: water rights (state permit system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for FL landowners.
Georgia Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Georgia land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for GA landowners.
Hawaii Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Hawaii land guide: water rights (state permit system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for HI landowners.
Idaho Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Idaho land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for ID landowners.
Illinois Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Illinois land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for IL landowners.
Indiana Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Indiana land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for IN landowners.
Iowa Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Iowa land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for IA landowners.
Kansas Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Kansas land guide: water rights (hybrid system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for KS landowners.
Kentucky Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Kentucky land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for KY landowners.
Louisiana Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Louisiana land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for LA landowners.
Maine Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Maine land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for ME landowners.
Maryland Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Maryland land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MD landowners.
Massachusetts Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Massachusetts land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MA landowners.
Michigan Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Michigan land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MI landowners.
Minnesota Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Minnesota land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MN landowners.
Mississippi Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Mississippi land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MS landowners.
Missouri Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Missouri land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MO landowners.
Montana Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Montana land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for MT landowners.
Nebraska Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Nebraska land guide: water rights (hybrid system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NE landowners.
Nevada Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Nevada land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NV landowners.
New Hampshire Land and Self-Reliance Guide
New Hampshire land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NH landowners.
New Jersey Land and Self-Reliance Guide
New Jersey land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NJ landowners.
New Mexico Land and Self-Reliance Guide
New Mexico land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NM landowners.
New York Land and Self-Reliance Guide
New York land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NY landowners.
North Carolina Land and Self-Reliance Guide
North Carolina land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for NC landowners.
North Dakota Land and Self-Reliance Guide
North Dakota land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for ND landowners.
Ohio Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Ohio land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for OH landowners.
Oklahoma Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Oklahoma land guide: water rights (hybrid system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for OK landowners.
Oregon Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Oregon land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for OR landowners.
Pennsylvania Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Pennsylvania land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for PA landowners.
Rhode Island Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Rhode Island land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for RI landowners.
South Carolina Land and Self-Reliance Guide
South Carolina land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for SC landowners.
South Dakota Land and Self-Reliance Guide
South Dakota land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for SD landowners.
Tennessee Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Tennessee land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for TN landowners.
Texas Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Texas land guide: water rights (hybrid system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for TX landowners.
Utah Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Utah land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for UT landowners.
Vermont Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Vermont land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for VT landowners.
Virginia Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Virginia land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for VA landowners.
Washington Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Washington land guide: water rights (hybrid system), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for WA landowners.
West Virginia Land and Self-Reliance Guide
West Virginia land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for WV landowners.
Wisconsin Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Wisconsin land guide: water rights (riparian rights), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for WI landowners.
Wyoming Land and Self-Reliance Guide
Wyoming land guide: water rights (prior appropriation), rainwater collection law, cottage food rules, right-to-farm protections, livestock zoning, and growing conditions for WY landowners.