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- Euclidean Zoning search for term
- Single-use zoning, also known as Euclidean zoningi, is a practice of urban planning where everyday uses are separated from each other and where land uses of the same type are grouped together. Shops are concentrated in one area, housing in another area, industry in another. Critics argue that putting everyday uses out of walking distance of each other leads to an increase in traffic since people have to get in their cars and drive to meet their needs throughout the day. It is often called Euclidean zoningi by urban planners and other professionals, a reference to the court case that established its constitutionality, Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co.
- Form-Based Codes search for term
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- Incentive Zoning search for term
- Inclusionary Zoning search for term
- New Urbanism search for term
- Performance Zoning search for term
- Remapping search for term
- Every parcel of land in the City has a zoning classification such as residential, commercial, or industrial. And, the Philadelphia Zoning Maps show the zoning classification for every property in the City. When the City’s first Zoning Code was adopted in 1933, a zoning map was also created of the entire City. The original zoning maps were a project of the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, and consisted of a land use survey of existing conditions. After the first comprehensive revision to the Zoning Code in 1962, many updates were needed to the Zoning Maps due to the changes that had taken place in the City. Thus, the City created a Zoning Remappingi Program in 1965 to manage comprehensive development and land use plans for the City’s neighborhoods.
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- Zoning Classification search for term