Better Way to Zone Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities

Name: Better Way to Zone Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities
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ISBN: 9781597261814

ISBN-10: 1597261815

ISBN-13: 9781597261814

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Donald L. Elliott

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Nearly all large American cities rely on zoning to regulate land use. According to Donald L. Elliott, however, zoning often discourages the very development that bigger cities need and want. In fact, Elliott thinks that zoning has become so complex that it is often dysfunctional and in desperate need of an overhaul.A Better Way to Zoneexplains precisely what has gone wrong and how it can be fixed. nbsp; A Better Way to Zoneexplores the constitutional and legal framework of zoning, its evolution over the course of the twentieth century, the reasons behind major reform efforts of the past, and the adverse impacts of most current city zoning systems. To unravel what has gone wrong, Elliott…

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List price: $35.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 3/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 253
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Donald L. Elliott is an attorney and city planner with extensive experience in real estate and land use planning. He is a senior consultant in the Denver, Colorado, office of Clarion Associates, a national land-use and real estate consulting firm. Elliott is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a former project director for downtown and Gateway zoning for the City and County of Denver.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Brief History of Zoning


"Euclidean" Zoning


Standard Zoning and Planning Enabling Acts


Planned Unit Developments


Performance Zoning


Form-based Zoning


The Result: Euclidean Hybrid Zoning



Failed Assumptions


A Few General Rules Will Do It


Separate the Uses


Greenfield Standards Are Better


Variances Will Be Rare


Nonconformities Will Go Away


Zoning Rules Need to Be Static


Zoning Is a Technical Matter



Evolving Land Use Drivers


The Enormous Market


Tax Limits


Transportation Systems


Housing Affordability


NIMBYism



Governing Well


Effectiveness


Responsiveness


Fairness


Efficiency


Understandability


Predictable Flexibility



The Legal Framework for Change


Due Process


Regulatory "Takings" of Property


The First Amendment


Equal Protection


Vested Rights


Vagueness


Preemption by State and Federal Law



What Have We Learned?


Eight Lessons


Focusing on the Process of Zoning Change



A Better Way to Zone


More Flexible Uses


The Mixed-use Middle


Attainable Housing


Mature Areas Standards


Living with Nonconformities


Dynamic Development Standards


Negotiated Large Developments


Depoliticized Final Approvals


Better Webbing


Scheduled Maintenance


What About the Other Good Ideas?



The Way Forward


Audit for Specifics


Prioritize for Political Will


Draft for Integration


Illustrate How


Adopt the Possible


Suggested Reading List


Notes


Bibliography


Index