Arlington County, Virginia established a variety of districts to encourage a coordinated mixed-use development, high-medium density residential development in the vicinity of metro-rail stations inclu...
The city of St. Paul, capital of Minnesota, rests on the banks of the Mississippi River, several miles east of Minneapolis. St. Paul’s City Council, under the helm of Mayor Coleman, has demonstrated ...
To accommodate the needs of its growing population and the Portland Light Rail expansion, the City of Beaverton establishes Multiple Use Districts, including Corridor, Main Street, Town Center, Statio...
The Bensalem, PA, Commuter Station Overlay ordinance creates an overlay district that deals with the public realm surrounding transit sites. Its purpose is to design and provide for the use and devel...
San Diego’s Transit Area Overlay Zone (TAOZ) and Urban Village Overlay (UVO) were created (along with 12 other overlay zones) to promote smart growth and create a pedestrian oriented environment withi...
The Code of Ordinances for the Town of Dover, New Jersey, was recently amended to include regulations allowing for the development of Downtown Districts. Dover is a town of about 20,000 people, 40 mi...
San Jose rezoned its urban core, and adopted the Downtown Zoning Regulations in response to the desire to simplify its onerous building permitting process, to increase developmental density, and to re...
These specific ordinances serve as examples of how Portland, Oregon has used plan districts and overlay zones to encourage mixed-use high-density development and to ensure that development maximizes t...
The Bloomington City Code provides for an “HX-R” zoning district (high intensity mixed use with residential) that aims to reduce vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled by maximizing high-intensity d...
The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Durham, North Carolina, provides for an Interim Transit Oriented Development-Compact Neighborhood Overlay District (ITOD-CN) that allows increased density and mixed...