Description
How can we reform the nation's planning statutes to meet the needs of the next century? Find out what the experts suggest in this authoritative report.
Modernizing State Planning Statutes pulls together 26 papers prepared for Growing Smart, APA's multiyear project to modernize state planning enabling laws. The papers explore ways to reform state planning statutes and recommend provisions to include in the next generation of model planning laws. Topics include judicial review of land-use decisions, state and regional fair-share housing planning, and interlocal approaches to land-use decision making. Each paper is clearly written and addresses a different topic.
Great for planners or legislators who want to understand the failings of the current system. The first volume of a planned three-volume set.
Table of Contents
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Preface
Model planning and zoning enabling legislation: A short history
The quiet revolution revisited: A quarter century of progress
Reforming the federal, state, and local land-use regulation connection
The developers'/landowners' perspective of planning law reform
Interlocal approaches to land-use decision making
Accommodating home rule in state land-use reform
Interfaces for model planning and zoning legislation
Halting the race for ""good ratables"" and other issues in planning legislation reform
Sustainable development law: More than a planning goal
Lessons from the British for state planning statutory reform
The role of the governor in state land-use reform
State agency corrindation in state growth management programs
Recommendations for the role and structure of state planning agencies
State review and certification of local plans
Implementing the consistency doctrine
Areas of critical state concern
Approaches to regulating developments of regional impact
ISTEA and the Clean Air Act amendments: Implications for state and local planning
State and regional roles in transportation and land use
Suggestions for model transportation demand management legislation
Interstate compacts and affordable housing
State and regional fair-share housing planning
Housing appeals boards: Changing presumptions about affordable housing
Judicial review of land-use decisions
Tax-base sharing to reduce fiscal disparities
Getting started: Initiating the process of state planning law reform
Appendix A. Reform of state planning statutes: A bibliography
Appendix B. Chapter outline of the Growing Smart(SM) LEGISLATIVE GUIDEBOOK
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