From Sprawl to Smart Growth: Successful Legal, Planning, and Environmental System

by Freilich, Robert H.

• ISBN13: 9781570737190
• ISBN10: 1570737193
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Aba Professional Education

Summary

A step-by-step guide-complete with proven cases from around the country-showing how states and local governments can control sprawl, maintain urban areas, enlarge their quality of life through new urban and mixed use developments,.

Table of Contents

The Emerging Problem of Sprawl	1	(14)
Introduction	1	(2)
Traditional Land Use Tools and Their Ineffectiveness to Combat Sprawl	3	(3)
The Ramapo System and the Urbanizing Tier	6	(9)
The Need for Smart Growth	15	(24)
The Beginning of Sprawl	15	(1)
The Nationalization of Sprawl	16	(5)
The Costs of Sprawl	21	(9)
Community Impact	22	(1)
Housing Impact	23	(1)
Employment Impact	23	(1)
Fiscal Impact	24	(3)
Political Impact	27	(1)
Transportation Impact	28	(1)
Agricultural and Open Space Impact	28	(2)
The Need for Ramapo's System and Smart Growth	30	(9)
Ramapo	39	(68)
The Ramapo Experiment---The Problem and the Solution	39	(17)
Coming to Ramapo	39	(1)
Historical-Economical Analysis of Town and Area	40	(1)
The Basis for Growth Controls	40	(3)
The Campaign	43	(1)
The Ramapo Solution	43	(1)
Development of the Plan	43	(3)
Interim Development Controls	46	(4)
Implementing the Plan: The Timing and Sequencing Growth Management Ordinance	50	(4)
The Effect of the Plan	54	(2)
The Ramapo Decision	56	(9)
Background of Litigation	56	(1)
The Ramapo Opinion	57	(1)
The Authority Issue	57	(2)
The Comprehensive Plan Issue	59	(1)
The Taking Issue	60	(1)
The Exclusionary Issue	61	(2)
The Dissent	63	(1)
Ramapo in the Courts	63	(1)
Perspectives	64	(1)
Extending Ramapo's Eighteen-Year Timing and Phasing into an Urbanizing Tier for Metropolitan, City/County, and State Systems for the Control of Sprawl: The Constitutional Requirements	65	(42)
The Takings Issue	69	(9)
The Good Faith Requirement of Concurrency and Adequate Public Facility Regulation	78	(1)
Regional General Welfare Doctrine	79	(28)
Regional America: Ramapo in Action	107	(60)
Regional America: Ramapo in Action	107	(60)
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: Urban Growth Boundaries and the Tier Concept	108	(10)
San Diego, California: Urban Infill and Transportation Corridors Using Ramapo Tiers and Impact Fees	118	(7)
Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky: Urban County Government and Urban Growth Areas	125	(5)
Washington and Baltimore Regions: Corridors, Centers, and Joint Public-Private Development in Baltimore, Montgomery, and Howard Counties, Maryland	130	(1)
Baltimore County	131	(1)
Montgomery County	132	(2)
Howard County	134	(3)
Central Puget Sound Metropolitan Area, Washington: Transportation and Concurrency	137	(8)
Economic Development Incentives	145	(1)
Agricultural Preservation	146	(2)
Portland, Oregon: State-Authorized Metropolitan Coordination	148	(19)
Smart Growth in Use in City and County Areas	167	(42)
Smart Growth in Use in City and County Areas	167	(1)
Washoe-Reno County, Nevada: Use of the ``Alternatives'' Process to Develop Ramapo ``Tiered'' Systems	168	(8)
Park City and Summit County, Utah: Growth Management Plan---Combining UGB and Tiers	176	(5)
Palm Beach County: Preserving Transportation Corridors and Neotraditional Developments, Florida	181	(10)
The Boulder Regional Area and Grand Junction and Mesa County, Colorado: Concentrated Urban Growth	191	(6)
Riverside, California	197	(3)
Simi Valley/Ventura County: Taking the County Out of Land Use	200	(9)
Smart Growth in the States	209	(44)
Introduction	209	(1)
Smart Growth in the States	210	(29)
Hawaii	213	(1)
New Jersey	214	(6)
Washington	220	(2)
Oregon	222	(1)
California	223	(1)
Vermont	224	(2)
Georgia	226	(2)
Arizona	228	(3)
Maryland	231	(1)
Colorado	232	(1)
South Carolina	233	(1)
Florida	234	(2)
Iowa	236	(2)
Tennessee	238	(1)
Deficiencies in Statewide Acts	239	(14)
Specific Tier Strategies in Urbanized Areas	253	(26)
The Urbanized Area and the Promotion of Urban Infill	253	(26)
Land Planning and Development	253	(3)
Bonus and Incentive Zoning	256	(1)
Historic Preservation	257	(1)
Housing Development	258	(1)
Flexible Housing Codes	259	(1)
Tax Abatement and Tax Increment Financing	260	(1)
Enterprise Zoning	260	(1)
Displacement	261	(1)
Transportation and Economic Development	262	(2)
Private/Public Partnerships	264	(4)
Transit-Oriented Development	268	(1)
Transportation Corridors	269	(10)
Promoting Agricultural and Rural Preservation	279	(24)
Rural Land Planning and Development	282	(5)
Agricultural Zoning	283	(2)
Taxation Techniques	285	(1)
LESA	286	(1)
Right to Farm Laws	287	(1)
Transfer of Development Rights	288	(2)
Land Banking	290	(2)
Developmental Easements	292	(3)
Environmental Controls	295	(8)
The New Federal Policies	303	(18)
Conclusion	321	(6)
Table of Cases	327	(10)
Index	337