Download or read book Sustainability of Form based Zoning Codes in Existing Suburbs written by Elvira Batelaan and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most planners and architects agree that the current rate of growth and sprawl in American cities is not sustainable. This thesis will explore how form-based zoning codes can be used to implement policies that increase the sustainability of an existing suburb. Typically, form-based zoning codes are applied to either new subdivisions in a city or to an overlay district in a city which does not get to the heart of the issue. A solution is needed for the rest of the city, such as downtown, industrial areas and existing suburbs, to further increase the sustainability of the entire city. In this thesis, an existing suburb will be identified in Lincoln, Nebraska that is currently lacking sustainability measures including a variety of transportation options, a lack of mixed land use and low density. By applying a form-based zoning code to this suburb, this thesis will show how after the implementation of an evidence-based design, the sustainability of this suburb will be increased. The implication for planning is that implementation of form-based zoning codes shows the effect of planning policies on the sustainability of a city. The implication for architecture is that comprehensive design, guided by form-based zoning codes, are needed to create an evidence-based solution in order to increase sustainability in American suburbs.
Download or read book From Sprawl to Sustainability written by Robert H. Freilich and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: From sprawl to smart growth.
Download or read book A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners Developers and Architects written by Daniel K. Slone and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-08-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities. Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation, overcoming impediments to sound urban design practice, and state and Federal issues related to the legal issues of urban design and planning.
Download or read book From Form to Function written by Robert Todd Kohr and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis analyzes the effectiveness and potential of form-based zoning codes, focusing on three research questions: (1) Are form-based codes a fundamentally-different alternative to Euclidean zoning, or are they simply a re-packaged version of design guidelines? (2) Do form-based codes spur better development (defined in New Urbanist terms) than traditional zoning ordinances? (3) Are form-based codes appropriate for use across the entire range of development environments (i.e., urban, suburban, and rural areas)? The thesis answers these questions through an evaluation of case studies of two notable municipal form-based codes: the Columbia Pike Special Revitalization District Form Based Code in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Form Districts incorporated within the new Land Development Code for Jefferson County, Kentucky. For each case study, the thesis analyzes the political and regulatory frameworks, socio-economic makeup, and existing development patterns of the surrounding community. It then examines and evaluates the recently-implemented form-based code, considering the ordinance's intent, composition, and development consequences. After considering both case studies, the thesis formulates conclusions and broader implications regarding the current effectiveness and future potential of form-based zoning codes. The author's research yields certain generalizable conclusions. While form-based codes are not a new idea, they are fundamentally distinct from either traditional Euclidean zoning or most urban design guidelines or standards, shifting the role of zoning from proscriptive to prescriptive and placing form rather than use at the center of the regulatory paradigm. Based on early indications, this change in emphasis appears to yield more consistent, more democratic, more contextual, and more pedestrian- and community-friendly development than that generated by typical zoning codes. And finally, the success of form-based coding seems to be tied less to the scale of development within which it is applied than to the levels of political and economic support that accompany it. It is important to recognize that form-based codes are still a relatively new innovation, and that only time will demonstrate whether they are in the long run successful in stimulating more and better development than more traditional zoning mechanisms. However, initial findings suggest that they hold the potential to yield impressive results.
Download or read book Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes written by U. S. Environmental Agency and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the country, state and local governments are searching for ways to create vibrant communities that attract jobs, foster economic development, and are attractive places for people to live, work, and play. Increasingly, these governments are seeking more cost-effective strategies to install or maintain infrastructure, protect natural resources and the environment, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What many are discovering is that their own land development codes and ordinances are often getting in the way of achieving these goals. Fortunately, there is interest in tackling these challenges. As the nation's demographics change, markets shift, and interest in climate change, energy efficiency, public health, and natural resource protection expands, Americans have a real opportunity to create more environmentally sustainable communities. To address these issues, many local governments want to modify or replace their codes and ordinances so that future development and redevelopment will focus on creating complete neighborhoods-places where residents can walk to jobs and services, where choices exist for housing and transportation, where open space is preserved, and where climate change mitigation goals can be realized. Many local governments, however, lack the resources or expertise to make the specific regulatory changes that will create more sustainable communities. And for many, model codes or ordinances can be too general for practical use or are often designed to be adopted wholesale, which many communities are unprepared to do. The purpose of this document is to identify the most common code and ordinance barriers communities face and to suggest actions communities could take to improve their land development regulations.
Download or read book The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl written by Chad Emerson and published by Environmental Law Institute. This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl, a practical guide to the implementation of the comprehensive zoning tool designed by a diverse group of land planners, designers, attorneys, developers and concerned citizens, explains how the SmartCode works and how to customize it for local use.
Download or read book Infilling the Middle Landscape written by Sidney Royal Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is a proposition for a new approach to the infill of the existing suburban context. While specific to a particular place and land use type, the rule making approach which is proposed and different from the existing is conceived as a general premise. That is, in place of the abstract functional rules which permeate the zoning regulations of Anytown, USA, I propose to substitute a rule making exercise aimed at retaining the historical characteristics of landscape and place which predate the increased density. The thesis seeks to demonstrate that maximum allowable density can be achieved while retaining the existing hierarchy of contiguous spaces and the relationship(s) of dwelling units to that hierarchy. The thesis emerges from a practical confrontation with the potential subdivision of a 1.6 acre property surrounding a 100 year old carriage house in suburban Beverly, Massachusetts converted to residential use 35 years ago. A brief critical history of the ongoing evolution of the American suburb and some precedents for architectural response to its shortcomings provides the basis for the design principals for this thesis which are then applied to two sites in Beverly. The goal is to accept the inevitable increase in density while developing and implementing a set of conditions at the neighborhood and house level that enhance the opportunity for continued enjoyment of Olmsted's notion of the "leisure, contemplativeness and happy tranquility" 2 of the suburban ideal.
Download or read book Retrofitting Sprawl written by Emily Talen and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planners, geographers, designers, and architects present research grounded in diverse locales including Phoenix, Seattle, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. metro areas. The authors address head-on the most controversial aspects of sprawl--issues of power and control, justice and equity, and American attitudes about regulating private development.
Download or read book Designing Community written by David Walters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greenfield sites around towns and cities, and redevelopment infill sites in existing urban areas often become battlegrounds between the conflicting interests of developers and communities. In America, design charrettes (intensive design and planning workshops) have become widely used as a means of bringing together these divergent groups, using detailed design exercises to establish agreement around a development masterplan. Despite the increasing frequency of their use, charrettes are widely misunderstood and can be misapplied. This book provides a detailed guidance on the proper and most effective ways to use this helpful tool. The book combines charrette masterplanning with the creation of "design-based" codes (also known as "form-based" codes) to control the development's implementation in line with the design and planning principles established during the charrette process.
Download or read book Sustainable and Resilient Communities written by Stephen J. Coyle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of today's communities face an unprecedented struggle to adapt and maintain their environmental, economic, and social well-being in an era beleaguered by fiscal constraints, uncertainty about energy prices and supplies, rapid demographic shifts, and accelerated climate impacts. This step-by-step guidebook for urban planners and urban designers explains how to create and implement an actionable plan for making neighborhoods, communities, and regions more environmentally healthy, resource-conserving, and economically resilient. Sustainable and Resilient Communitiesdelineates measures for repairing, retrofitting, and transforming our built environments and supporting systems.
Download or read book Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes written by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes
Download or read book Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Rural Planning Zoning and Development Codes written by U. S. Environmental Agency and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most rural communities want to maintain their rural character while also strengthening their economies. Many fast-growing rural areas are now at the edge of major metropolitan regions and face metropolitan-style development pressures. They seek to manage new growth in a way that promotes prosperity yet is sustainable over the long run. But even slow-growing or shrinking rural areas, which often suffer from faltering economies and population decline, might find that their growth management policies are not resulting in the prosperity they seek. Fortunately, a variety of proven tools and strategies can help rural communities thoughtfully consider how and where to grow. For example, communities that want to maintain their rural character and economic vitality could decide to adopt mixed-use zoning for their Main Street buildings and commercial areas, policies to better manage stormwater runoff, and design requirements for complete, connected streets. Strategies like these are used in communities of all sizes around the country. Small towns and rural areas generally have fewer financial, technical, and staff resources to draw on in responding to development proposals and growth pressures than their urban and suburban counterparts. As a result, rural communities need to identify strategies that they are able to implement with their resources. This publication provides a range of strategies that focus on key issues that rural communities face. It is intended to provide smart growth policy options that communities can implement. These policies can help small towns and rural areas ensure that their development is fiscally sound, environmentally responsible, and socially equitable. This publication is a companion to "Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes."
Download or read book Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evaluation of the Imact of Form based Code and Conventional Zoning on Fort McPherson Redevelopment written by Keuntae Kim and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an emerging urban design tool, form-base codes have been increasingly used by urban planners and designers since the 1980s. Focusing on the actual built environment, form-based codes can provide more predictable results of future development and help planners to more easily communicate with people through detailed diagrams to develop consensual visions. Despite all of these advantages, however, there is no study identifying the advantages of form-based codes over conventional codes in both quantitative and qualitative ways. This thesis proposes what aspects of form-based codes have a positive impact on community revitalization compared with conventional zoning and the differences between the regulation systems by establishing evaluation criteria - sustainability, connectivity, diversity, and design optimization and compactness. For clearer analysis, physical standards in both regulation systems will be considered, and those standards will be directly applied to the actual community development project, the Fort McPherson Redevelopment Plan.
Download or read book Zoning Aesthetics written by Martina T. Christian and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research presents an argument as to whether or not form-based codes can be an option worth considering in the planning of the community to address current zoning related problems.
Download or read book Forms based Coding written by Jonathan Furr and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This teleconference will provide a basic understanding of form-based codes: how they are different, how they can be applied and how they can help implement more sustainable communities. Lessons learned and steps toward beginning the process will provide you with a clear path toward a successful form-based code. Legal and practical considerations associated with adopting form-based zoning regulations will be reviewed. Form-based provisions may not fit neatly into a municipality's existing zoning and subdivision framework. Practitioners must consider a variety of legal issues, such as the municipality's general authority to adopt form-based provisions, application and approval processes, and the treatment of nonconforming structures in a form-based district.
Download or read book Evaluation of Form Based Zoning written by Niti A. Gajjar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoning codes of a particular city play vital role in designing "place making" elements and the resultant built environment. Due to lack of adequate attention towards design standards in our present zoning techniques, American cities are facing some serious problems related to sprawl. Under the New Urbanism principles, Form Based Zoning (FBZ) was created to overcome the shortcomings of conventional zoning codes and non-Euclidean zoning. A critical evaluation of conventional zoning methods and FBZ has been done through literature and case study review. The study concludes that additions and changes are required in existing zoning policies and building regulations to include urban design elements and create contextual built form. In addition, improvements to the FBZ are required to integrate simplified regulations, physical design and land use, and technology to shape the public realm in a comprehensive manner into a meaningful built environment.
