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Worried About Sprawl, Michigan Town Considers 'Form-Based' Development Rules

Posted by: David Gest
Thanks to: Keith Schneider
24 April 2006 - 9:00am

New zoning ordinances would focus more on how buildings look and fit into their surroundings, and far less on what goes on inside of them.

While residents and visitors may enjoy the pedestrian-friendly charms of Petoskey, Michigan, officials there are searching for better ways to preserve the town's rustic, village-like character. City planners say that the current, antiquated zoning laws guiding Petoskey's growth make their task harder because they favor autos over walkers and discourage redevelopment. Years ago that was not a problem, but now Petoskey is seeing strip malls and other signs of auto-dependency.

Full Story: Worried About Sprawl, Michigan Town Considers "Form-Based" Development Rules
Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, April 23, 2006
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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