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  • From: "Thomas C. Meggs" <tom AT plik.net>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Re: New Urbanism
  • Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 17:36:52 -0500

One thing that is also pretty annoying is the building codes because of cars. Most places have ordinances on the books which prohibit planting trees within 5-10ft of the road, and that kind of thing. Also forcing you to have X ammount of parking. Those kinds of laws also promote sprawl growth.

Regards,
Tom

Scott Lundgren wrote:
The interesting thing is that to achieve some of the visionary urbanist
designs it would actually require less regulation. For instance modifying or
removing zoning restrictions of the separation of commerce and housing would
allow development of buildings that are ground floor commerce/office and
upstairs flats/apartments. Work one place, live right above it. ;

Some of the other recommendations of Suburban Nation that of adapting
architectural master plans for the buffer zones around the city are a bit
heavy handed. It's an idealist book, but thought provoking about how we
live, and worth reading to consider long-term issues and how they impact us
individually day by day (less sprawl = less taxes to support more
infrastructure). There are six copies in circulation in the Wake Library
System.

Stewart Brand's How buildings Learn: what happens after they're built also
touches on some of these long term zoning/livability issues.

- SL

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