2016 is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the first citywide comprehensive zoning law. Its original purpose was to create districts that separated incompatible land uses and building types in order to protect property values and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the community. 100 years later, zoning is used to achieve an impressive number of public objectives such as permitting transit oriented development, creating green infrastructure, preserving habitat, species, and wetlands, promoting renewable energy facilities, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and preserving the sequestering landscape
The purpose of town planning is to secure orderly and efficient growth for our cities and towns. Gui...
Rigid zoning by-laws that were a logical solution to land-use control in the North American social m...
Who plans and zones?; Right to regulate; A master plan; If you are on a planning commission; Goals o...
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the first citywide comprehensive zoning law. Its or...
The idea that local land use law can intelligently shape settlement patterns was not a familiar conc...
In land use, there are two things that Americans dislike: one is sprawl, the other is density. This ...
Of all powers given to local governments, the power to zone is one of the most significant. Zoning d...
The year 1967 begins the second half-century of zoning in the United States. The first comprehensive...
As a way of celebrating its centenary, I sketch out a vision of how to revitalize land use and zonin...
Zoning is a legal device which complements comprehensive planning by effectuating the plan, and is t...
Zoning is planning profession's primary and crucial tool in regulating land use. The concept of zoni...
The term Zoning is used in this article only in its broad sense to mean a comprehensive scheme for...
The zoning ordinance is the primary mechanism for implementing the policies of the comprehensive pla...
The continued existence vernal pools and other sensitive environmental areas greatly depends upon lo...
Over thirty years ago The United States Court of Appeals upheld municipal efforts to control growth ...
The purpose of town planning is to secure orderly and efficient growth for our cities and towns. Gui...
Rigid zoning by-laws that were a logical solution to land-use control in the North American social m...
Who plans and zones?; Right to regulate; A master plan; If you are on a planning commission; Goals o...
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the first citywide comprehensive zoning law. Its or...
The idea that local land use law can intelligently shape settlement patterns was not a familiar conc...
In land use, there are two things that Americans dislike: one is sprawl, the other is density. This ...
Of all powers given to local governments, the power to zone is one of the most significant. Zoning d...
The year 1967 begins the second half-century of zoning in the United States. The first comprehensive...
As a way of celebrating its centenary, I sketch out a vision of how to revitalize land use and zonin...
Zoning is a legal device which complements comprehensive planning by effectuating the plan, and is t...
Zoning is planning profession's primary and crucial tool in regulating land use. The concept of zoni...
The term Zoning is used in this article only in its broad sense to mean a comprehensive scheme for...
The zoning ordinance is the primary mechanism for implementing the policies of the comprehensive pla...
The continued existence vernal pools and other sensitive environmental areas greatly depends upon lo...
Over thirty years ago The United States Court of Appeals upheld municipal efforts to control growth ...
The purpose of town planning is to secure orderly and efficient growth for our cities and towns. Gui...
Rigid zoning by-laws that were a logical solution to land-use control in the North American social m...
Who plans and zones?; Right to regulate; A master plan; If you are on a planning commission; Goals o...