Planning Commissions

Michigan's one-year experiment in giving local mayors and township supervisors the option to appoint someone less than 18 years-of-age to a planning commission appears to be coming to an abrupt end.

October 17, 2009 - Building Place Notebook

Elaine Cogan gives these tips for talking about planning issues with senior citizens and getting the most out of them throughout the planning process.

October 1, 2009 - Planning Commissioners Journal

Due to economic hardship, the Worcester County, Maryland is proposing to consolidate 3 departments into 1, cutting 11 jobs out of 65, just as new codes are coming online. Environmentalists are concerned.

August 6, 2009 - Center for Public Integrity

A kids treehouse in Highland, Arkansas is facing the local Planning and Zoning Commission, who may order its destruction. Is a treehouse a 'structure'?

March 14, 2009 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Pasadena Planning Commission has again rejected famed architect Richard Meier's plans for an Episcopal church in the city center. Commissioners believe the plan does not fit with Pasadena's historic character.

January 26, 2009 - The Architect's Newspaper

"Mixed-use"? "transit-oriented development"? Development in Farmington, Utah hits a wall while the planning commission debates definitions.

June 2, 2008 - The Salt Lake Tribune

A new zoning requirement passed by the New York City Planning Commission will require all new developments to plant trees along the street.

March 28, 2008 - The New York Times