Anything is better than nothing, but I've found stuff is WAY more likely to be rubber-stamped through with little thought if the next town over is doing it. The further away your example is, the more likely you are to get "Well, around here...."
Think about it like this; when you were a kid...
I work part time for a township, and the most successful thing you can do is go in front of the town board, with a copy of a permissive ordinance from a nearby town. Town boards are lazy, and if they can just copy something, they will.
Also, print out some these, and ask (gently) them when...