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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 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city announced Thursday that it’s formed-based zoning code code won another award. The city took home the 17th annual Form-base Code Award from the Center for Zoning Solutions a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whether they’re talking about a charming block of historic townhouses in downtown Frederick or a bucolic rural village like Burkittsville, it’s not unusual to hear someone around here lament that “we ...

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 ...

IOWA CITY — When Kelcey Patrick-Ferree lived in Minneapolis, she was three doors down from a four-unit apartment building that was roughly the same size as a house. She moved to Iowa City’s South ...

Planning commissioners have scheduled an April 4 public hearing to discuss whether the newly approved form-based zoning code should be applied to the entire Pearl District.

Columbus' zoning code needs to be overhauled to help pave the way for more urban density, fewer builder variances from the rules and a potentially streamlined approval process, according to a recent ...