One goal is to make downtown more walkable and appealing to visitors and connect the area to the entertainment district.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 3—Frederick's aldermen on Wednesday will get their first public look at the city's plans for a new planning approach in the ...

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 ...

The Ramona form based code — the guideline for building in the community — is being updated to clarify rules and regulations and to make the process easier for business owners. Since its ...

Arlington city leaders are considering a large area for its first attempt at form-based code, an alternative to traditional use-based zoning. Council members expressed mixed feelings, with some saying ...

It’s a significant departure from previous plans for the site, which did not meet the standards of the Form Based Code Review or the fire code review. The site, owned by PAG, has been vacant for ...

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 ...

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On Tuesday, the Arcata Planning Commission discussed a draft of a code setting several rules for development within Arcata’s 138-acre rezoning project aimed at spiking local housing supply. The draft ...

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MOUNT PLEASANT — The last time this town set a path for the long-term future of downtown development in Hawthorne, Thornwood and Valhalla, Richard Nixon was in the White House and the Beatles were ...

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 ...