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A bill that could make zoning more inclusive

Community Architect Daily

In recent years planners have become much more aware of the exclusionary effects that zoning has had on people and their towns and cities. The old zoning separated neatly housing from everything else presumably in the interest of public health. Dismantling the legacy zoning system is no small task.

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Baltimore City and County Planning the Future: How they prepare their new Masterplans

Community Architect Daily

Baltimore County calls it Masterplan 2030 and its last version is from 2020. Baltimore County Masterplan logo Why those plans are so important Comprehensive Plans or Masterplans serve the purpose of planning the future of an entire jurisdiction for over ten years in all those areas required by State law.

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"The best climate activist is a good urban planner"

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When Oregon's legislature drew an urban growth boundary to Portland's metropolitan area, the city reversed single-family zoning and is developing infill housing projects to promote densification and the production of smaller housing units. Portland is one of the pioneer cities on this agenda.

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Density - Dirty Word or Solution?

Community Architect Daily

A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.

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TOD - still mostly an aspiration in our region

Community Architect Daily

The location, in Baltimore County, sits on land that is zoned commercial, a category which doesn't allow real TOD since it excludes residential use. The term TOD is still not part of the County's zoning toolbox, even though transit rail stations are part of the County's landscape for more than 40 years.

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Is Density a Dirty Word or a Solution?

Community Architect

A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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Old City Harbour Masterplan 2030 competition , Kadriorg, Port of Tallinn. The Port of Tallinn launched the competition for ideas for the development plans of Masterplan 2030 for the Old City Harbour in 2016. 1 Sep 2017. Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. visual : VA-Render, image Courtesy architecture office. 31 Aug 2017.