Sacramento City Council has unanimously approved a set of changes that will allow the California capital to meet its housing demands.
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A launch party was held in Kingston, NY, for the Plus One Home Program, an initiative that hopes to accelerate the creation of accessory dwelling units.
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When the city of Kingston, NY, lagged on promises to rework its zoning code, this group of advocates stepped in to make it happen.
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Flaky residential zoning has no place in a Strong Town!
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How one West Virginia town is giving the City, developers, and residents the flexibility to build a stronger place.
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Okay, here’s the game: Name the three things you would change in your city that would have the biggest impact.
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Your city's zoning code is like the DNA of your community. For most North American cities, that DNA is broken. Here are six reasons form-based code can help put our towns and cities back together again.
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Those two things are all you should need to be able to make sense of your city's zoning code. At least that's the philosophy guiding South Bend, IN planners as they overhaul the city's regulations to be more legible and useful.
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A new Arkansas law prohibits cities from regulating the design of single-family homes in almost all instances. This is a bad idea which takes away an important tool in a city’s toolkit to nurture strong, productive places.
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If a local resident or business owner with a high school diploma can’t sit down and figure out what she can and cannot do with her property in less than an hour, the zoning regime is exclusionary. Here are five guidelines for making it more accessible to laypeople.
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It matters what size chunks we build our cities in. Making room for many small-scale development projects on small lots is the universal historical model for a reason, and modern cities could stand to get back to it.
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If zoning codes are the primary tool in a planner's toolbox, that's a problem. Here's a three part system that would offer a better way for planners to design cities.
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Chuck Marohn interviews Hazel Borys, Principal at Placemakers, along with some Placemakers clients about their experience developing form-based codes, improving walkability and dealing with the challenges of making change in small towns.
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