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FORT SMITH -- The city's Board of Directors unanimously approved appealing the Planning Commission's decision regarding the planned outdoor display for an incoming business.
The cement spheres of "Dark Star Park" in Rosslyn, the electric blue ribbon of "Dressed Up and Pinned" in Courthouse and the twin striped monoliths of "Echo" in
The City of LA Wants to Shut You Out of the Planning Process Details PLANNING HIJACKS-On March 30, the Department of City Planning released a memo signed by the Director of Planning, Vince Bertoni. The purpose of the memo was to give “guidance” on the way the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan (MSPSP) would be implemented from now on. For many years, projects proposed for the hills below Mulholland Drive needed to be reviewed by the Mulholland Design Review Board. Bertoni has decided to change that. In his memo the Director asserts that the purpose of th...
Laval has taken a major step in revising its urban planning regulations by adopting a draft urban planning code by-law (CDU), a regulation inspired by best practices in urban planning and part of an approach based on Form-Based Code and will soon be the subject of a public consultation. âOur expert urban planners have set the bar very high and have worked tirelessly over the past three years to achieve this resultâ said Stéphane Boyer, deputy mayor, vice-president of the executive committee. The bylaw is the result of more than 50,000 hours of work and 2,000 meetings he says, and...
Housing Task Force hears about form-based codes By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com LIMA —The Lima Housing Task Force continues its work to examine Lima’s housing stock and how to better regulate it. During the meeting, held virtually, members heard from Marta Goldsmith, director of the Form-Based Code Institute. Goldsmith spoke about how form-based codes can be a tool for economic and community development. “Form-based code focuses on what happens outside the buildings,” said Goldsmith. “It regulates what happens in the streets, the blocks, the building form and scale and the op...