Document Type
Article
Abstract
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the first citywide comprehensive zoning law. Its original purpose was to create districts that separated incompatible land uses and building types in order to protect property values and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the community. 100 years later, zoning is used to achieve an impressive number of public objectives such as permitting transit oriented development, creating green infrastructure, preserving habitat, species, and wetlands, promoting renewable energy facilities, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and preserving the sequestering landscape.
Recommended Citation
John R. Nolon, Zoning’s Centennial: A Complete Account of the Evolution of Zoning into a Robust System of Land Use Law—1916-2016 (Part I), Zoning & Plan. L. Rep., Oct. 2016, at 1, http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/1036/.
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Land Use Law Commons, Property Law and Real Estate Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons
Comments
Part one of a four part series of articles.