The ephemeral nature of many of the shorter news stories (marked with an asterisk) commanded that we selectively index only those from 1990 to the present. However, the December issue for each year of Zoning News (through 2003) includes an annual index for all lead stories and news stories.
Please include a list of the back issues desired with your payment.
| Accessory Structures |
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| Accessory Units: The Back Door Approach to Affordable
Housing |
April 1992 |
| Zoning for Accessory Dwelling Units |
January 1997 |
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| Adaptive Reuse |
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| Zoning for Adaptive Reuse |
April 1984 |
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| Administration |
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| Public Outreach on Zoning and Land Use |
May 1992 |
| Permits: You Can't Keep Score Without a Program |
June 1992 |
| Houston Goes Online |
December 1996 |
| Florida Streamlines Permit Process* |
February 2000 |
GIS at Work in the Building and Zoning Department
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October 2002 |
| Grave Issues Trump Access to Tract |
January 2004 |
| Chicago Launches Interactive Zoning Website |
March 2004 |
| Formatting and Writing the Staff Report |
November 2004 |
| Site Visits: Purpose, Planning, and Practice |
February 2005 |
| The Sensibility of Unified Development Codes |
June 2006 |
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| Adult Uses |
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| Zoning for Adults Only |
August 1985 |
| Supreme Court Strikes Down Licensing of Adult
Uses* |
February 1990 |
| Adult Uses Neither Die nor Fade Away |
September 1995 |
| The NYC Adult Establishment Ordinance* |
February 1999 |
| Internet-Based Adult Businesses* |
January 2001 |
| Regulating Sex Businesses |
October 2006 |
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| Agricultural Zoning and Preservation |
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| Agricultural Zoning: Managing Growth, Protecting
Farms |
August 1993 |
| Illinois County Shrinks Ag-Lot Size* |
December 1994 |
| Hog-Tied by Feedlots |
October 1996 |
| The Conflict at the Edge |
February 1997 |
| Confining the Impacts of Confined Animal Feeding |
April 1999 |
| Right-to-Farm Laws in Jeopardy* |
April 1999 |
| Maryland County Targets Hog Odors* |
December 2000 |
| Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds CAFO Zoning |
May 2002 |
| Regulating Farm Stands |
September 2003 |
| Agritourism Zoning Down on the Farm |
March 2004 |
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| Airport Zoning |
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| The Trouble with Airports |
May 1996 |
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| Animals |
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| Living with Animals |
January 1993 |
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| Annexation |
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| Annexation Primer for Planners |
February 1995 |
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| Automobile-Related Uses |
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| Acres of Automobiles |
June 1997 |
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| Bed and Breakfast |
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| Bed and Breakfasts: An Accommodating Neighbor |
December 1989 |
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| Big Box Retailing |
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| Doing Business with Big Box Retail |
October 1993 |
| Site Planning for Large Retail Establishments |
February 1999 |
| Another Big Box Battle* |
June 1999 |
| Chain Drugstore Side Effects |
October 1999 |
| Dark Stores Cast Shadows |
July 2001 |
Wal-Mart Circumvents Local Laws-Again*
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April 2005 |
| Regulatory Strategies for Big Boxes |
December 2005 |
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| Buffering and Screening |
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| Buffering Can Prevent Headaches |
February 1990 |
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| Central Business Districts |
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| Plan for Rezoning Downtown San Francisco |
February 1984 |
| Getting in on the Ground Floor (Ground Floor
Retail) |
August 1987 |
| Centripetal Forces: Town Centers are Back |
October 1998 |
| Lofty Housing Trends (Downtown Housing) |
January 1999 |
| Using Zoning Bonuses for Smart Growth and Development |
July 2000 |
| If You Zone It They Will Come: Town Centers |
May 2007 |
| Goodbye Main Street? |
October 2007 |
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| Citizen Participation |
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| Eyes on the Street: Citizen Involvement in Code
Enforcement |
September 1999 |
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| Colleges and Universities |
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| Student Housing: Home Is Where the Futon Is |
September 1992 |
| Can D.C. Require a University to House Its Students on Campus?* |
April 2003 |
| Coping with Colleges: How Communities Address the Problems
of Students Living Off-Campus |
May 2002 |
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| Commercial Districts and Commercial Uses |
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| Billions and Billions Zoned (Fast Food Restaurants) |
February 1985 |
| Design Controls for Drive-Through Businesses |
October 1985 |
| Getting in on the Ground Floor (Ground Floor
Retail) |
August 1987 |
| Rethinking the Drive-Through |
August 1992 |
| Convenience Stores and Zoning to Go |
March 1993 |
| Zoning for Eternity (Cemeteries) |
May 1995 |
| Zoning for Dual Fueling (Gas Station and Convenience
Store Combinations) |
August 1997 |
| Solving Day Labor Problems* |
May 1997 |
| Zoning Gets Under Your Skin (Tattoo and Massage
Parlors) |
April 1998 |
| Security Gates (Design for Security Gates Downtown)* |
February 1999 |
| Goodwill's Bad Fortune (Location of Goodwill
Resale Shop)* |
November 1999 |
| On the Firing Line: Zoning for Gun-Related Uses |
February 2000 |
| Big Box Big Issue in California* |
February 2000 |
| Zoning Medical Marijuana* |
March 2000 |
The New Urban Grocery Store
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September 2002 |
| Combating 'Sameness' with a Formula Business Ordinance |
March 2003 |
| Telco Hotels Find Their Zone |
April 2002 |
| Vacant Big Boxes: A Follow-up Survey |
May 2002 |
Illinois Communities Limit Bank Branches and Nonretail
Uses in Retail Districts
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May 2004 |
| Inglewood Voters Say No to Wal-Mart |
August 2004 |
| Planning and Zoning for Day Labor Centers |
September 2007 |
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| Comprehensive Planning |
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| Zoning and the Comprehensive Plan |
August 1996 |
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| Computer Software |
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| Legal Implications of Computerized Zoning |
October 1984 |
| Permits: You Can't Keep Score Without a Program |
June 1992 |
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| Conflict Resolution |
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| Using Mediation to Resolve Land-Use Disputes |
May 1993 |
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| Consistency |
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| Let the Courts Guide You: Planning and Zoning Consistency |
November 2005 |
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| Consultants |
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| A Model Request for Proposals for Drafting a
New Zoning Code |
September 1996 |
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| Corridor Planning |
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| Designing Urban Corridors |
February 1988 |
| North Carolina Backs Corridor Zoning* |
March 1992 |
| Planning Basics for Gateway Design |
December 1994 |
| Evolution of Corridor Planning |
December 1998 |
| Transforming a Commercial Strip |
February 2002 |
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| Day Care |
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Child Care in Residential Zones: State Legislation
and Local Options
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December 2001 |
| Updating Day Care |
February 1987 |
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| Development Review |
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| The Development Review Process: A Means to a Noble and
Greater End |
January 2005 |
| Why Do Site Plan Review? |
November 2007 |
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| Disabilities and Access |
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| Zoning and the Americans with Disabilities Act |
February 1992 |
| Court Finds Zoning Denial Discriminated Against Disabled* |
April 2003 |
| Zoning for Universal Design and Visitability |
April 2006 |
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| Disaster Planning |
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| Zoning for Flood Hazards |
October 1997 |
| Post-Disaster Zoning Opportunities |
August 1998 |
| Saving Homes from Wildfires: Regulating the
Home Ignition Zone |
May 2001 |
| Zoning for Wildfire Hazard Mitigation |
March 2005 |
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| Elderly Housing |
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| Sheltering the Elderly |
April 1987 |
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| Eminent Domain |
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| The End of Lakewood's West End? |
January 2004 |
| Fault Lines Form Over California Eminent Domain Initiative |
August 2006 |
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| Entertainment |
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| Big Box Meets Big Screen (Movie Theaters) |
December 1996 |
| Field of Another Dream (Biblical Theme Park)* |
April 1998 |
| Back to the Future in Chicago (Movie Theaters)* |
April 1998 |
| The Art of Entertainment Districts |
June 2001 |
| Zoning for the Arts in Maryland |
August 2002 |
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| Environmental Planning |
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| Ballots Cast on Growth and Environmental Controls |
December 1985 |
| Hugo Makes Changes to South Carolina Tough Beach
Management Law* |
August 1990 |
| Habitat Loss: Global Crisis with a Local Solution |
January 2007 |
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| Extractive Land Uses |
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| Of Mines, Quarries, and Zoning Quandaries |
June 1993 |
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| Federal Programs |
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| A Directory of Federal Land-Use Programs |
June 1990 |
| FEMA Announces New Rating System for NFIP (National
Floodplain Insurance Program) |
April 1990 |
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| First Amendment |
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| Controlling Newsracks |
October 1992 |
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| Floodplains |
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| FEMA Announces New Rating System for NFIP (National
Floodplain Insurance Program) |
April 1990 |
| Zoning for Flood Hazards |
October 1997 |
| Using Zoning to Reduce Flood Damages |
March 2008 |
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| Gambling |
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| Loading the Dice: Zoning Gaming Facilities |
January 1994 |
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| Gated Communities |
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| Home Safe Home? |
September 1993 |
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| Groundwater Protection |
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| Residential Density and Groundwater Contamination |
April 1986 |
| Zoning for Wellhead Protection |
August 1995 |
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| Group Homes |
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| Homes for the Developmentally Disabled |
January 1986 |
| Homes for the Mentally Ill |
May 1988 |
| New Fair Housing Law Affects Zoning for Group
Homes |
July 1989 |
| Chicago Suburb Settles Group Home Suit* |
February 1990 |
| Group Home Spacing Requirements Upheld* |
July 1990 |
| Denver Acts on Group Homes* |
April 1995 |
| Occupancy Restrictions and the Fair Housing
Act (City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.) |
July 1995 |
| Judge Upholds Limits on Group Homes* |
January 1995 |
| The Anonymity of Use: Battered Women's Shelter* |
May 1999 |
| Give a Shelter a Home |
May 2000 |
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| Growth Management |
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| Ballots Cast on Growth and Environmental Controls |
December 1985 |
| Growth Management: Southern California Style |
July 1988 |
| Taming the Exclusionary Effects of Growth Controls |
September 1989 |
| Solving Traffic Woes by Balancing Jobs and Housing |
November 1989 |
| King County Draws the Line (Urban Growth Boundaries)* |
March 1991 |
| Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances |
May 1991 |
| Pierce County Gears for Growth* |
February 1994 |
| Virginia County Gears for Growth* |
August 1996 |
| Managing Maryland's Growth* |
May 1998 |
| Albuquerque's Growing Pains* |
June 1998 |
| Zoning Fallout: The Implications of Urban Growth
Area Designations |
March 1999 |
| Maryland Resuscitates Land-Use Intervention Authority |
July 2002 |
| Military Installations Under Pressure from Urban Sprawl |
November 2003 |
| Monitoring Local Land Markets |
January 2008 |
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| Hazardous Materials |
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| Storage of Hazardous Material |
July 1986 |
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| Height and Bulk |
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| The Big Apple Gets a Little Smaller* |
March 2000 |
| Sun, Wind, and Building Design |
December 2000 |
| Barns Face Height Restrictions in Deschutes
County, Oregon |
May 2001 |
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| Highway Planning |
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| Zoning the Interchange |
December 1993 |
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| Hillside Planning and Development |
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| Regulating Hillside Development |
March 1992 |
| Glendale Toughens Hillside Zoning* |
July 1993 |
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| Historic Preservation |
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| Conservation Districts: Latest Zoning Tool to
Preserve Neighborhood Character |
November 1992 |
| Chicago Wins Landmarks Case* |
March 1998 |
| Illinois Landmark Bites the Dust |
May 2001 |
| Promoting Innovative Historic Preservation Ordinances |
January 2002 |
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| Home Occupations |
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| When Home Is Where the Business Is |
December 1991 |
| Home Occupations as Accessory Uses |
January 1996 |
| Home Businesses Get a Break* |
July 1999 |
| Modernizing Zoning for Home Occupations |
September 2006 |
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| Hotel and Motels |
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| Zoning for Extended-Stay Lodgings |
November 1998 |
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| Housing (see also Manufactured Housing) |
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| Including Housing for the Excluded |
April 1985 |
| Building Housing Trust Funds |
July 1985 |
| Update on Mount Laurel |
November 1986 |
| Sheltering the Elderly |
April 1987 |
| Yonkers, N.Y., Defies Housing Order |
August 1988 |
| Court Finds Zoning Bias in Long Island Town |
December 1988 |
| Fairfax Co. Affordable Housing Ordinance Passed* |
March 1990 |
| Downtown D.C. Housing Plans Under Fire* |
June 1990 |
| SROs: A Poor Stepchild Comes of Age |
August 1990 |
| Paving the Way for Affordable Housing |
February 1991 |
| New Hampshire Court Vetoes Exclusionary Zoning* |
September 1991 |
| Long Beach Reviews Homeless Provisions* |
November 1992 |
| Ohana Comeback in Oahu (Accessory Apartments)* |
November 1992 |
| Occupancy Restrictions and the Fair Housing
Act |
July 1995 |
| Housing Policies Scrutinized* |
June 1996 |
| Lofty Housing Trends (Downtown Housing) |
January 1999 |
| Zoning Affordability: The Challenges of Inclusionary Housing |
August 2003 |
| Montgomery County Mulls Housing Overhaul |
September 2003 |
Affluent Community Sets Precedent with Inclusionary Zoning
Ordinance
|
October 2003 |
| Change to New Jersey Affordable Housing Law |
October 2003 |
| Illinois Enacts Housing Appeals, Planning Statute |
October 2003 |
| The Inclusionary Housing Debate: The Effectiveness of Mandatory
Programs
over Voluntary Programs |
September 2004 |
| Inclusionary Housing: Proven Success in Large
Cities |
October 2004 |
| Affordable Housing Gets Huge Boost on Long Island |
October 2004 |
| Chapter 40R: A Promising New Mechanism for Encouraging
Housing Construction in Massachusetts |
December 2004 |
| Inclusionary Zoning in San Diego: Secure at Last? |
September 2006 |
| Zoning to Expand Affordable Housing |
December 2006 |
| Case Studies in Inclusionary Housing |
March 2007 |
| Is Zoning a Barrier to Multifamily Housing? |
July 2007 |
| A National Survey of Development Standards and the Impact on Housing Affordability |
February 2008 |
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| Impact Assessment |
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| Impact Analysis: From Sharp Tools Come Sharp
Assessments |
December 1995 |
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| Impact Fees |
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| Parkland Dedication and Fees |
March 1985 |
| Traffic Impact Fees Come of Age |
March 1989 |
| Local Impact Fee Use in Illinois Coming on Fast* |
May 1990 |
| Impact Fees on the Rise* |
December 1990 |
| Ohio Impact Fees Upheld* |
February 1998 |
| Ohio High Court Backs Impact Fees* |
September 2000 |
| Massachusetts Town Approves Record Impact Fee from Lowe's |
November 2004 |
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| Industrial Districts |
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| Zoning and Economic Development: Protection
for Industrial Districts |
September 1990 |
| The Performance Standards Approach to Industrial
Zoning |
February 1993 |
| The Challenge of Industrial Ecology |
June 1998 |
| Planning for Industrial Survival |
September 2000 |
| The Industrial Zoning Crisis |
November 2000 |
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| Intergovernmental Agreements |
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| When Cities and Counties Cooperate |
November 1993 |
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| Internet Resources |
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| Houston Goes Online* |
December 1996 |
| Online Zoning Resources |
November 1997 |
| Key Strategies in Website Promotion: A Primer
for the Planning Industry |
March 2001 |
| The Liability of Website Links |
March 2001 |
| Putting Your Zoning Code Online: Why and How |
August 2001 |
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| Landscaping |
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| Indianapolis Revamps Commercial Zones* |
September 1992 |
| Landscape Ordinances: To Define and Protect |
April 2004 |
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| Land-Use Classification |
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| Classifying and Defining Uses and Building Forms: Land-Use
Coding for Zoning Regulations |
September 2005 |
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| Legal Issues |
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| Legal Implications of Computerized Zoning |
October 1984 |
| High Court Hears Another Takings Case |
November 1985 |
| Round Five in Takings Battle |
October 1986 |
| Court to Review Access to Beaches (Taking: Nollan) |
December 1986 |
| Supreme Court Holds Compensation is Due (Taking:
First English) |
June 1987 |
| High Court Limits Development Exactions (Taking:
Nollan) |
July 1987 |
| Rails-to-Trails Does not Constitute a Taking* |
April 1990 |
| Kansas Modernizes Planning and Zoning Laws* |
January 1992 |
| Lucas: Will the Line in the Sand Wash
Away?* |
August 1992 |
| Guarding Against Estoppel Claims |
July 1993 |
| Deciding Dolan: A New "Rough Proportionality
Test" (Taking) |
August 1994 |
| Dealing with Bias and Conflicts of Interest |
November 1994 |
| Presumption-Shifting: A Legal Theory that May
Tilt the Planner's Playing Field |
March 1995 |
| Occupancy Restrictions and the Fair Housing
Act |
July 1995 |
| Tahoe Agency Loses Suitum Case (Taking)* |
August 1997 |
| Chicago Wins Landmarks Case* |
March 1998 |
| Vesting of Development Rights: A Primer |
July 1999 |
| High Court Rules on Palazzolo |
July 2001 |
| High Court Rules on Lorillard |
August 2001 |
New Jersey Supreme Court Reaffirms Mount
Laurel Doctrine
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September 2002 |
| Ballot-Box Zoning: Good Planning or Vigilantism? |
May 2003 |
| Court Hears City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books
Arguments |
January 2002 |
| No Takings Found in Tahoe Moratorium Case |
June 2002 |
Lingle*
|
June 2005 |
| Score Four for Planning: The 2005 Supreme Court Decisions |
August 2005 |
| Comprehensive Plan Overrides Zoning |
February 2006 |
| Measure 37 Upheld in Oregon; Billboards Law Overturned |
April 2006 |
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| Lighting |
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| Shedding Light on the Urban Landscape |
October 1995 |
| Bright Days, Dark Nights: Regulating Light |
July 2004 |
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| Liquor Outlets |
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| Zoning for Microbreweries* |
September 1993 |
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| Lots |
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| Statistical Analysis of Residential Lots |
January 1995 |
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| Manufactured Housing |
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| New Visions for Manufactured Housing |
July 1991 |
| Highest Court Rejects Mobile Home Park Owner's
Plea* |
June 1992 |
| New Mobile Home Ordinance for Mississippi County* |
March 1995 |
| Expanded Rights for Manufactured Housing* |
September 1996 |
| Manufactured Housing Statutes |
June 2000 |
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| Medical Districts |
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| Planning and Zoning for Medical Districts |
March 1994 |
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| Mixed-Use Zoning |
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| Zoning for Mixed-Use Development |
August 1984 |
| Mixed-Use, Barrow Style* |
September 1998 |
| This House Is an Office: Residential-Office
Districts |
October 2000 |
| Mixed-Use Libraries: Lessons from the West Coast* |
February 2003 |
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| Neighborhoods |
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| Neighborhood Planning and Its Cousins |
July 1992 |
| Conservation Districts: Latest Tool to Preserve
Neighborhood Character |
November 1992 |
| Neighborhood Character and Rezoning |
July 1997 |
| Torn Over Teardowns: Protecting Neighborhood
Character |
September 1999 |
| Character Development in Connecticut* |
November 1999 |
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| Neotraditional Planning |
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| New Traditionalism in Urban Design |
June 1989 |
| Zoning, New Urbanist Development, and the Fort
Collins Plan |
September 1998 |
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| Newsracks |
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| Controlling Newsracks |
October 1992 |
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| Noise Regulation |
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| How to Draft an Effective Noise Ordinance |
October 1992 |
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| Nonconforming Uses |
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| Changing or Expanding Nonconforming Uses |
March 1997 |
| Minnesota Voids Amortization* |
July 1999 |
| Pigs in the Parlor or Diamonds in the Rough: A New Vision
for Nonconformity Regulation |
April 2003 |
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| Nuisances |
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| How to Draft an Effective Noise Ordinance |
October 1992 |
| Landscape Design for Goose Droppings* |
January 1999 |
| About Odor |
December 1999 |
| Odor Restrictions Upheld* |
October 2000 |
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| Open Space |
|
| Maryland Commission Adopts "Critical Area"
Rules* |
December 1985 |
| Greenbelts, Greenways, and Trails |
January 1990 |
| Rails-to-Trails Does not Constitute a Taking* |
April 1990 |
| Parkland and Open Space Dedication |
October 1990 |
| The Back Forty: Open Space in Subdivisions |
September 1991 |
| Existing-Use Zoning |
December 1992 |
| Planning for Open Space Developments (Cluster
Development) |
October 1994 |
| Wisconsin Town Seeks Conservation |
July 2001 |
| Cluster Development: Modern Application of an Old Town Form |
August 2007 |
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| Outdoor Sales |
|
| Regulating Outdoor Sales and Storage |
January 1988 |
| Regulating Outdoor Sales |
April 1995 |
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| Overlay Districts |
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| Standards for Overlay Districts |
August 1991 |
| Prescott Overlay District Ordinance* |
February 1999 |
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| Parking and Parking Lots |
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| Downsizing Cars and Parking Codes |
January 1984 |
| Illustrated Guide to Parking Lot Landscaping |
March 1984 |
| Survey of Handicapped Parking Requirements* |
April 1985 |
| APA to Research Parking Lot Design |
September 1985 |
| Aesthetics of Parking Lots and Parking Structures |
September 1986 |
| The Greening of Parking Lots |
April 1988 |
| Not in Our Front Yard (RV Parking)* |
April 1998 |
| Parking Standards in the Zoning Code |
January 2003 |
| Parking Accommodations for SUVs* |
February 2005 |
| The Practice of Parking Requirements |
January 2006 |
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| Parks and Recreation |
|
Doggedly Pursuing Solutions: Planning and Regulating
Dog Parks
|
September 2001 |
| Parkland Dedication and Fees |
March 1985 |
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| Performance Standards |
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| The Performance Standards Approach to Industrial
Zoning |
February 1993 |
| |
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| Performance Zoning |
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| Flexible Zoning: A Status Report on Performance
Standards |
January 1998 |
| |
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| Planned Unit Developments |
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| Planned Unit Developments and Master Planned Communities: Review and Approval Processes |
June 2007 |
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| Planning Commission and Commissioners |
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| Training Citizen Planning Officials |
June 1991 |
| Planning and Zoning Officials Go to Class |
May 1998 |
| The Quiet Revolution in Training Citizen Planners |
April 2007 |
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| Planning Profession |
|
| Conflict of Interest in Zoning Hearings |
November 1984 |
| Dealing with Bias and Conflicts of Interest |
November 1994 |
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| Population Projections |
|
| Surveying American Communities (Census Information)* |
September 1998 |
| |
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| Recycling |
|
| California's Model Code for Recycling |
March 1988 |
| Using Land-Use Measures to Promote Recycling |
November 1990 |
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| Regional Planning |
|
| Counties Grapple with New Jersey State Plan* |
April 1993 |
| When Cities and Counties Cooperate |
November 1993 |
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| Religious Uses |
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| Religion and Zoning: A Matter for the Courts? |
November 1991 |
| Churches Contest Zoning Process* |
May 1993 |
| Zoning for Eternity (Cemeteries) |
May 1995 |
| Zoning and Big Box Religion |
November 1996 |
| Storefront Churches Challenged* |
August 1997 |
| Court Nixes Religious Freedom Act* |
August 1997 |
| Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons
Act |
January 2001 |
| Orthodox Campus Wins Court Approval* |
February 2001 |
| Faith-Based Planned Developments: Sorting Out the Uses |
June 2003 |
| Federal District Court Upholds Constitutionality of RLUIPA |
July 2002 |
Court Favors City in RLUIPA Decision
|
April 2004 |
| A Church by Any Other Name |
August 2004 |
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| Residential Zoning |
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| Nowhere to Hide* |
December 2000 |
| Setbacks and Garages in Residential Zoning |
February 2001 |
"Vasectomy" Zoning
|
November 2002 |
| Short-Term Vacation Rentals: Residential or
Commercial Use? |
March 2002 |
| Visitability Issues Drive Building Code Changes |
April 2002 |
| The Two Faces of Gentrification: Can Zoning Help? |
June 2002 |
| Garages: Not Just for Cars Anymore |
August 2002 |
Be Unique: A Model for Anti-Monotony in Residential Development
|
October 2003 |
| Irregular Lots |
November 2003 |
| The Crunch of Development Along Gravel Roads |
February 2004 |
| Ozzie and Harriet Don't Live Here Anymore: Time to Redefine Family |
February 2007 |
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| Restrictive Covenants |
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| A Primer on Restrictive Covenants |
February 1994 |
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| Signs |
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| Targeting Sign Controls |
December 1984 |
| Clutter and Confusion of Sign Control |
August 1986 |
| Controlling Billboards |
June 1988 |
| No Brotherly Love for Billboards* |
May 1991 |
| Signs Draw Fines in Atlanta Suburbs* |
July 1999 |
| Billboard Moratorium: Signs of the Times* |
September 1999 |
| Sign Control in Cuyahoga Falls: Regulating Outside the Box |
July 2003 |
| Looking Ahead: Regulating Digital Signs and Billboards |
April 2008 |
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| Small Towns and Rural Areas |
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| Managing Rural Growth |
May 1984 |
| Rural Design Manual for Conservation and Development |
October 1988 |
| Existing-Use Zoning |
December 1992 |
| The Need for New Models of Rural Zoning |
June 1996 |
| A New Generation of Rural Land-Use Laws |
July 1996 |
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| Solid Waste |
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| Siting Waste Disposal Facilities |
July 1984 |
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| States |
|
| Counties Grapple with New Jersey State Plan* |
April 1993 |
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| Stormwater Planning |
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| New Techniques for Controlling Stormwater Pollution |
May 1989 |
| Integrating Stormwater Regulation and Urban Design |
November 2006 |
| |
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| Subdivisions |
|
| The Problem of Antiquated Subdivisions |
April 1997 |
| Vacating and Replatting Platted Lands |
May 1997 |
| |
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| Sustainable Development |
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| The Challenge of Industrial Ecology |
June 1998 |
| Building Green: Onus or Bonus? |
April 2005 |
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| Tax Increment Financing |
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| The ABCs of TIF |
July 1998 |
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| Teardowns |
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| Home Suite Home* |
October 1990 |
| Torn Over Teardowns: Protecting Neighborhood
Character |
September 1999 |
| Out With the Old, in With the New: The Cost of Teardowns |
June 2005 |
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| Telecommunications |
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| Invasion of the Satellite Earth Stations |
September 1984 |
| FCC Rules on Dish Antenna Zoning |
May 1985 |
| FCC Limits Dish Regulations |
February 1986 |
| Commercial Towers and Earth Stations |
December 1987 |
| Siting Cellular Transmitters |
January 1991 |
| Communication Towers Take the High Road* |
May 1995 |
| Local Planning Issues in Siting Cellular Towers |
June 1995 |
| Cellular Facilities: A Survey of
Current Zoning Practices |
April 1996 |
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| Temporary Uses |
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| Fireworks, Farmstands, and Concerts: Summer's
Here |
July 1990 |
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| Transfer of Development Rights |
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| TDR System for View Protection* |
August 1987 |
| New Jersey Passes Transfer of Development Rights Legislation |
September 2004 |
| Paper Subdivisions: Growth Management for Profit* |
February 2005 |
| Zoning for Successful Transferable Development Rights Programs |
December 2007 |
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| Transit-Oriented Development |
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| Transit Station Area Development |
January 1985 |
| Zoning for Transit: A New Orientation |
September 1994 |
Driving Growth Through Transit-Oriented Development
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August 2004 |
| Using Zoning to Reap the Benefits of TOD |
August 2004 |
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| Transportation |
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| Bumper to Bumper in the 'Burbs |
October 1987 |
| Traffic Studies: When You Need Them, How You
Read Them |
February 1989 |
| Reducing Traffic Through Transportation Ordinances |
April 1991 |
| Traffic Management for Chicago Suburbs |
November 1990 |
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| Tree Preservation |
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| A Tree Grows in Suburbia |
January 1989 |
| Improving City Street-Tree Codes |
May 1990 |
| A Good Tree Preservation Ordinance* |
May 1990 |
| Got Trees? |
July 2006 |
| Better Foliage Through Zoning |
June 2008 |
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| Urban Design |
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| Design Review Guidelines |
June 1986 |
| Crafting Urban Design Guidelines |
September 1988 |
| New Traditionalism in Suburban Design |
June 1989 |
| The Slippery Path to Monotony Control |
April 1994 |
| Character Development in Connecticut* |
November 1999 |
| "Living First" in Downtown Vancouver |
April 2000 |
| The Design of an Iowa Spiritual Community |
March 2001 |
Form-Based Development Codes
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May 2004 |
| Zoning to Promote Health and Physical Activity |
June 2004 |
| California Enacts Form-Based Zoning Legislation* |
January 2005 |
| The Five Steps to a Hybrid Code |
May 2008 |
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| Utilities |
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| Going Underground |
November 1988 |
| Land-Use and Electromagnetic Fields |
January 1992 |
| Utility Deregulation and Zoning: An Illinois
Case Study |
November 1999 |
| Planning and Zoning for Wind Power Facilities |
February 2003 |
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| Water |
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| How Thirsty Is Your Community? |
May 2005 |
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| Water Quality |
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| Zoning for Wellhead Protection |
August 1995 |
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| Waterfront Planning |
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| Court to Review Access to Beaches |
December 1986 |
| Greenbelting Riverfronts |
November 1987 |
| Regulating Development on Inland Lakes |
March 1991 |
| Regulating the Use of Waterways |
October 1991 |
| Rapid Response Tools for Waterfront Change |
November 1995 |
| New Life for Old Waterfronts |
February 1998 |
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| Wetlands |
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| Don't Litigate, Mitigate |
April 1989 |
| Regulating the Use of Waterways |
October 1991 |
| Sinking Shopping Center to Become a Wetland* |
July 1998 |
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| Zoning |
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| Legal Implications of Computerized Zoning |
October 1984 |
| Zoning After 70 Years |
January 1987 |
| The Language of Zoning |
September 1987 |
| Court Finds Zoning Bias in Long Island Town |
December 1988 |
| New Hampshire Court Vetoes Exclusionary Zoning* |
September 1991 |
| Zoning Finally Ropes Houston |
April 1993 |
| Zoning and the Comprehensive Plan |
August 1996 |
| Zoning and Development Definitions for the Next
Century |
August 1999 |
| The Purpose of Purpose Statements in Zoning
Ordinances |
March 2000 |
Common Problems with Zoning Ordinances
|
November 2002 |
Unified Development Ordinances: A Coordinated
Approach to Development Regulations
|
December 2002 |
| Arizona Court Strikes Down Consent Law* |
January 2003 |
| Seeking Countywide Rezoning Notices |
August 2002 |
Why Definitions?
|
December 2003 |
| Reconsidering Zoning: Expanding an American Land-Use Frontier |
January 2004 |
| Chicago Completes Massive Zoning Overhaul |
August 2004 |
| Conditional Uses: Using Discretion, Hoping for Certainty |
May 2006 |
| Development Codes for Built Out Communities |
August 2006 |
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| Zoning Boards of Appeals |
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| Conflict of Interest in Zoning Hearings |
November 1984 |
| Bored of Appeals? Hardly |
June 1985 |
| Survey of Zoning Boards of Appeal |
May 1986 |
| The Hearings Examiner |
May 1987 |
| Recommendations for Zoning Hearings |
October 1989 |
| The ABCs of ZBAs |
February 1996 |
| The ABCs of ZBAs: The Sequel |
March 1996 |
| Hearing Examiners: History and Usage |
April 2001 |
| Reducing Bias on Zoning Boards |
October 2005 |
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| Zoning Enforcement |
|
| Improving Zoning Enforcement |
March 1987 |
| Making Zoning Enforcement Effective |
December 1990 |
| Eyes on the Street: Citizen Involvement in Code
Enforcement |
September 1997 |
| Ponca City Turns to the Judge* |
April 2000 |
| What's Wrong with This Picture? |
August 2000 |
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| Zoning Techniques and Methods |
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Beyond Euclid: Integrating Zoning and Physical Design,
Part Two
|
November 2001 |
Beyond Euclid: Integrating Zoning and Physical Design,
Part One
|
October 2001 |
| Recommendations for Effective Zoning Administration |
August 1989 |
| Criteria for Rezonings |
March 1990 |
| Guarding Against Zoning Estoppel Claims |
July 1993 |
| Making Zoning Codes More Readable: Part 1 |
June 1994 |
| Making Zoning Codes More Readable: Part 2 |
July 1994 |
| Losing Insurance Over Zoning Disputes |
March 1995 |
| A Model Request for Proposals for Drafting a New Zoning
Code |
September 1996 |
| Neighborhood Character and Rezoning |
July 1997 |
| Zoning in Context |
December 1997 |
| "Nobody Told Me They Changed the Zoning" |
March 1998 |
| So You're Gonna Revise the Zoning Ordinance! Part One |
May 1999 |
| So You're Gonna Revise the Zoning Ordinance! Part Two |
June 1999 |
| Visualizing Change: Photo-reimaging America's Built Landscape |
December 2004 |
| Monitoring and Evaluating a Zoning Code |
July 2005 |
| Market Analysis: A Zoning Necessity |
February 2006 |
| Buildout Analysis: A Valuable Planning and Hazard Mitigation Tool |
March 2006 |
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