A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects

Daniel K. Slone, Doris S. Goldstein with W. Andrew Gowder

ISBN: 978-0-470-05329-4

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368 pages

August 2008

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Foreword, Andrés Duany vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

CHAPTER 1 TO SUBURBIA AND BACK: HOW URBANIST LAW IS DIFFERENT 1
Dan Slone, Doris Goldstein, and Andy Gowder

CHAPTER 2 SUSTAINABLE URBANISM 29
Dan Slone

Case Study: The Navy Yard at Noisette 47

CHAPTER 3 TWEAKING THE SYSTEM: GETTING PROJECTS BUILT AND CODES CHANGED WITHIN THE EXISTING ZONING FRAMEWORK 63
Chris Brewster, Matt Lawlor, Brian Ohm, and Mark White

CHAPTER 4 CHANGING THE RULES: NEW APPROACHES TO ZONING 89
Brian Ohm and Mark White

Form-Based Codes, Bob Sitkowski and Bill Spikowski 111

The Smart Code, Chad Emerson 128

CHAPTER 5 FIEFDOMS AND FIRE TRUCKS: OVERCOMING IMPEDIMENTS IN THE SUBDIVISION, PLAT-REVIEW, AND SITE-PLAN PROCESSES 149
Dan Slone

CHAPTER 6 RETOOLING THE COMMON-INTEREST COMMUNITY 179
Doris S. Goldstein

Case Study: Seaside, Florida 218

CHAPTER 7 SPECIAL BUILDING TYPES 227
Doris S. Goldstein

CHAPTER 8 LITIGATION 255
Andy Gowder

Case Study: The Fight for Entitlements: I ’ On, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 275

CHAPTER 9 FEDERAL POLICY, INITIATIVES, AND ALLIANCES 289
Chris Brewster and Matt Lawlor

CHAPTER 10 STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE 313
Dan Slone

APPENDIX: AN APPROACH TO GREENING PROJECTS OR MUNICIPALITIES 333