Community Architect Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Does single family zoning prevent development? Today we will look at Baltimore Councilman Ryan Dorsey's zoning bill titled " Abundant Housing Act " which effectively will eliminate single family zoning in Baltimore. Will the suggested zoning bill endanger neighborhoods like this one?

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Santa Cruz Architect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

While the Senate voted to pass the law, it will need to be re-reviewed by the Committee on Governance and Finance before it can be passed into law. Concurrent Permit Review. Cities must review and issue demolition permits at the same time as ADU permits. Retroactive Permitting. Objective Standards Only. Conclusion.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 7, 2024

We organized the building’s layout, structural system, and exterior expression in accordance with the 40-foot grid that overlays the entire campus, an artifact of the mid-century planning principles that governed its initial form. Mahlum further broke the 40-foot grid down to three sections of 13’-4”.

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Santa Cruz Architect

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The California Coastal Commission is a state agency with quasi-judicial regulatory oversight over land use and public access in the California coastal zone. Development usually requires a Coastal Development Permit from either the Coastal Commission or local government. Coastal Zone Regulation, County of Santa Cruz:?In

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Santa Cruz Architect

JULY 16, 2023

The State of California has a recognized housing shortage, with the result that both Sacramento and local municipalities throughout California have made myriad recent changes to the regulations governing ADUs. Permits For ADUs Although all ADUs require a building permit, no discretionary approvals (i.e.

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Architecture Here and There

JUNE 24, 2022

As for the ruling itself, its attitude was: when it comes to the comprehensive plan setting parameters for zoning laws to carry out the comprehensive plan, “Never mind!” Now Jason Fane is free to buy the land and build his monstrosity.

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Clark Richardson | Architect & Sustainability

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For folks who have a property on Lake Austin or are thinking about buying one, understanding the ins and outs of the Lake Austin (LA) Zoning Overlay and how it relates to development is critical. SF-2 or SF-3) or have no zoning and keep their lots governed only by the LA Zoning.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2022

The city government will now formally consider the petition, with a decision due to be announced in February. Residents would only be permitted to use a car or van up to 12 times a year, for special circumstances such as moving house. The plans would restrict private cars within the Ringbahn.

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Portland Architecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

How would you rate the performance of local government like the Portland Development Commission, or the development and planning bureaus? . I am going through my first significant permitting process with them on our Lombard apartment building, so I have to be careful what I say here!

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Architizer

MAY 9, 2023

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) mandated by the State of California override local planning regulations to permit a second unit on almost any single-family zoned property. The law also allows any single-family zoned lot to be subdivided into two parcels. Click here to sign up for our Jobs Newsletter. Image by Caitlin Murray.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MARCH 19, 2024

This transformation aims to simplify and expedite the permitting process, making it more accessible for homeowners to expand their properties with additional housing units. However, local governments retain the authority to impose objective design standards and limitations as long as they align with the state law’s requirements.

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Landscape Housing Permits Zoning 88

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Each time, it involves a different mix of government policy and investment with private development and equity. The Jersey City government issued bonds to purchase the Bayfront site so it could control how it was sold and developed, making sure it included elements such as affordable housing and open space.

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Community Architect

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Or, more precisely, and even more mundane, the zoning that enables it. The culprit hides out in a section of municipal zoning code that is titled "Single family residential", frequently abbreviated as R1. The history of zoning Zoning in general rarely gets much attention these days. Let's review the battles lines.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Akumal Monterrey is a new residential project being developed in the Monterrey metropolitan area of San Pedro Garza García, a vibrant zone that is a landmark in Mexico’s northeast for its rapid urban and commercial expansion. Text description provided by the architects. © Sordo Madaleno. © Sordo Madaleno.

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Brandon Donnelly

JUNE 25, 2024

Planning reform to introduce a new flexible zoning system that would allow builders to build if they follow the rules, while maintaining special protections for National Parks, Conservation Areas etc. Increase the use of permitted development rights to cut the red tape that makes it hard to build upward extensions or infill developments.

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Home Permits Zoning Government 59

Santa Cruz Architect

OCTOBER 22, 2023

SB 9 applies to single-family residential lots in urban areas that are zoned for single-family homes. The bill was met with significant opposition from local governments and homeowners’ associations, and it ultimately failed to pass the Legislature. The new housing units can be single-family homes, duplexes, or townhomes.

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Home Housing Government Permits 95

Community Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Missing Guardrails and Signposts There has been a lot of talk about the missing guardrails that would keep government in check and democracy intact. The last time climate change and "woke" policies appeared in the crosshairs of the federal administration, local and state governments doubled down on implementing these policies.

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Community Architect Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

numerous databases with everything from citation data to a property's permit history. Under Mayor Pugh and Young, the City had also developed a strategy for developing from strength in an attempt to bundle investment in "impact Investment Zones". It is about time, we show America that government can, indeed, be effective.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The design of West End Square grew in response to the local community’s needs, balancing a rich organic terrain, evocative of the Texas Blackland Prairies, with events spaces and socializing zones imbued with a remarkable technological infrastructure.

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Building and Interiors

MAY 16, 2022

Also, they have the dual function of spreading out and directing the airflow into a location and permitting the regulation of airflow by opening or closing the register. Also, one thermostat will be located in each different air conditioning zone and will control an individual air handler unit’s operation.

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Community Architect

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hard to know if the woods surrounding the metropolis are preserved by this traditional respect, by zoning or the forbidding grades, likely a combination of all. In Fung Shui , the woods are protectors and providers to be respected and protected in turn. Tree felling is a fung shui taboo.

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Community Architect Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As hurricanes increase in frequency and intensity, Puerto Rico’s landscape architects have solutions for managing rivers, stormwater, erosion, and coastal development—if only the government would ask. And I believe that project also helped with the stormwater management in that zone, which used to get very flooded as well. By Laurie A.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

One of the interesting things about the town is we don’t have zoning, but what we do have, what we’re working on right now, is site plan regulations. HAND: We’ve got one response to the issue, even though the manuals say there are 10 different things that you can do in terms of stormwater permitting. I think that’s part of it.

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Community Architect Daily

MAY 24, 2021

County Executive Johnny Olszewski and Mayor Brandon Scott have both vowed to make local government more fair and transparent. A small recent development example in the County brought me out to testify at the Baltimore County Council as board president of a land trust along with executive director Barbara Hopkins.

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Architizer

APRIL 26, 2022

The new addition had to be elevated substantially to meet the stringent freeboard requirements by the local government’s water authority (Melbourne Water), and ensure that any overland flow paths are unimpeded. Our office was engaged for the design and permit approvals. It was very much a labour of love on their part.

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BD+C

JUNE 28, 2023

Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”

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Community Architect

APRIL 30, 2024

Local government is mostly responsible for the distribution of aid to affected families, longshoremen and businesses. The vast Cruise ship terminal is divided into zones. Other key parties involved in the recovery are the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard. Work begins at 6:30am.and ends officially at 5pm.

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Community Architect

APRIL 20, 2024

No tall building would be permitted on the waterfront except for the eventually constructed Ian Pei designed World Trade Center The waterfront would be protected as parks, public areas with a wide promenade. In Rouse's times the federal government, the city and the private sector each contributed large amounts of money to urban renewal.

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Community Architect

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Manhattan before the pandemic The old urban signage ordinances and guidelines of local zoning codes haven't foreseen this and they need an overhaul. It is big business versus local government. The billboard industry sees an opportunity, preservationists and residents see a potential menace. 1) through (.3),

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Cities Industrial Zoning Technology 58

Community Architect

APRIL 7, 2023

GROUP A sits in Keilepand , a repurposed old concrete warehouse next to a filled-in dock which now is a zone for a community garden and De Urbanisten's experimental garden testing the concept of "sponge city". The decommissioned and dismantled wind turbines spun off a separate business called Blade-Made.

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Bustler

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Suggestions for Project Positioning Refinement: - Suggestions for project theme features; - Suggestions for overall functional zoning of the project; - Suggestions for overall land use functions and proportions, along with analysis of how different spatial uses can drive customer groups. Refine Planning Proposal: a.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order that expedites or negates permit requirements, expands ADU usage and provides for the cataloguing of damage to historical buildings as unprecedented wildfires continue to destroy lives and property.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2025

Building in steep areas that border chaparral natural zones with small trees and shrubs that rely on fire for rejuvenation creates ideal fire conditions exacerbated by climate change and severe drought. Some have suggested that the building culture in general needs to change. Overnight, that need has skyrocketed," he continued.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 2, 2014

This next week – weather permitting – the electrical and plumbing rough should be completed and form boards adjusted and set to prepare for the actual concrete pour. We are building a modern/industrial house for about $180 SF which I believe is in the “affordable modern” zone.

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Community Architect

MAY 7, 2021

Not enough housing for low income families This could change soon: The federal government is set to throw unprecedented resources at US housing, from supporting ownership to construction of more affordable housing to upgrades of existing public housing. Little progress since 1968 "Fair Housing" is federal law since 1968.

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Santa Cruz Architect

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The California Legislature has progressively updated laws governing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs), aiming to streamline approvals and expand housing stock to address the state’s housing crisis. This could significantly boost the rental potential of multifamily properties.

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