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Book SynopsisWritten by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities.
Trade Review"In short, this book is an excellent resource and one that should be read and used as a reference for project design and implementation." (Lawoftheland.com, 10/11/08)
"...is a primer for practicing architects, urban designers, and urban planners on legal and contractual issues that accompany the emerging field of sustainable urban design." (Green InSight Newsletter, Oct 2008)
"Immensely practical, this guidebook is loaded with techniques that can enable New Urbanism to jump hurdles erected by the legal system, the political apparatus, and the day-to-day difficulties of community life. Each chapter stands on its own, and there are case studies and dozens of sidebars, so you can read the book from start to finish or you can jump in and out. This book is so informative that new urbanists will soon be asking themselves how they ever got along without it." (New Urban News, September 2008)
Table of ContentsForeword, 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
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES 338
INDEX 346
