The new rules for development in downtown, which are expected to replace traditional zoning based on specific uses, could ...

Six years ago, when a developer proposed building a gas station and fuel delivery operation on Route 25 in Standish’s village district, citizens fought the project. It was hugely controversial, says ...

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A key ingredient to the revitalization of the Sprague-Appleway corridor is the proposed form-based zoning code, consultant Michael Freedman told a special joint study session of the Spokane Valley ...

"Form-based zoning" was an easy sell in Lititz, where the heart of the borough was built before the age of the automobile. The town was built to a human scale, with buildings constructed to the edge ...

NARBERTH BOROUGH >> Narberth residents had a first opportunity this week to see how their town would look under an entirely new zoning code – one that, in fact, is motivated by a desire to keep the ...

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 ...

Nearly a decade ago, Narberth’s planning commission completed a review of the borough’s existing zoning code and came to a troubling conclusion. Commission members have put it this way on several ...

LANSING — After nearly a decade of planning, Lansing's zoning rules are poised for an overhaul. Lansing will adopt a type of zoning known as form-based code May 1 after City Council approved nearly ...