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Zoning has also been criticized for contributing to the nation’s housing crisis by freezing neighborhoods and limiting new construction, in regions such as California’s Bay Area. Traditional zoning ...

KINGSTON — The city’s Common Council unanimously approved a new citywide zoning code on Tuesday night, concluding a yearslong effort to comprehensively change how homeowners, developers and ...

Renderings of what Lee County, Fla. might look like after adopting a Miami 21-inspired form-based code. Image via Transit Miami This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

LANSING — After nearly a decade of planning, Lansing's zoning rules are poised for an overhaul. Lansing will adopt a type of zoning known as form-based code May 1 after City Council approved nearly ...

Transit-oriented design is closely related to form-based zoning in many municipalities. Gensler developed a multifamily concept for the San Diego Association of Governments, a regional planning agency ...

Six years ago, when a developer proposed building a gas station and fuel delivery operation on Route 25 in Standish’s village district, citizens fought the project. It was hugely controversial, says ...

Ken Rew sometimes sports a black baseball cap emblazoned with the title "Mayor of Rewville" in bright yellow, signifying his home and some immediate neighbors along West Benton Street on Iowa City's ...

Among the innovations championed by the New Urbanist or neo-traditional movement, and by many other architects and planners, are "form-based" zoning codes. The primary goal of form-based codes is to ...

While cities, regions and states lobby new industries to come and bring jobs and residents to their districts, leaders sometimes forget one aspect: the housing shortage. Workforce housing, which ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calfee Zoning, a leading national zoning code consultancy affiliated with the firm, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, will participate as a sponsor of the Form-Based Codes ...

Affordable housing and walkable neighborhoods were the buzzwords at Tuesday's Iowa City Council meeting, highlighting the hopes for undeveloped land south of the city under a new zoning code that is ...