A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects / Edition 1

by Daniel K. Slone, Doris S. Goldstein, W. Andrew Gowder

Overview

Written 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. Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation, overcoming impediments to sound urban design practice, and state and Federal issues related to the legal issues of urban design and planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470053294
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/18/2008
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Daniel K. Slone is a partner in the Richmond, Virginia, office of the law firm McGuireWoods LLP. As a consultant and legal counsel, he represents developers, green businesses, and municipalities around the world, advising them on neighborhood development, environmental issues, land use, utilities, and complex business and real estate matters. Mr. Slone is the national counsel for both the U.S. Green Building Council and the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Doris S. Goldstein is an attorney whose practice focuses on new urbanist communities, beginning with Seaside, Florida, in the 1980s. In addition to her ongoing involvement with Seaside, Ms. Goldstein represents developers of mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities throughout the county. Her work extends past the development stage to include operational issues, giving her unique practical experience and insight.

Contributing author W. Andrew Gowder Jr. is a litigating attorney with particular experience in urban and sustainable development. Other contributors include experienced attorneys and planners with special insight into planning and zoning practice.

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Table of Contents

Foreword, 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

Editorial Reviews

"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)

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