Miami To Abandon Old Zoning Code, Adopt New Rules
16 April 2005 - 1:00pm
The city of Miami plans to remake itself by adopting new neighborhood- and pedestrian-friendly building rules.
"Miami officials will formally launch an ambitious two-year effort to produce a series of comprehensive plans to guide the city's future development.The most dramatic, and potentially contentious, element: The city intends to junk its antiquated and confounding zoning code -- which critics say encourages urban horrors like high-rise towers next to single-story homes -- and start over."
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Miami to scrap old code, design `new city'
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The Miami Herald, April 15, 2005
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