Sentence examples for Comprehensive zoning from inspiring English sources

For example, there is no certainty that the City Council in this case would act on the basis of "standards" explicit or otherwise in Eastlake's comprehensive zoning ordinance.

He was vice-chairman of the Brooklyn Committee on City Plan, whose report was published in 1914; chairman of the Heights of Buildings Commission in New York City, whose final report, 1916, presented the first Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, also the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in the United States.

The establishment of a comprehensive zoning code requires a considerable amount of planning.

With visionary leadership, the city could embark on radical neighborhood densification via comprehensive zoning reform.

The outcry helped prompt the city's first comprehensive zoning law requiring tall buildings to have "setbacks" at higher floors.

The first comprehensive zoning legislation was adopted in N.Y. in 1916, when the city was beginning to creep upward.

MIG consultant Laura Stetson described the General Plan as a "blueprint for development and evolution of a city". It is more comprehensive than zoning and more long term in its vision, she added.

U.S. private land policy is generally implemented by local governments through comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances.

The professional societies said that they had no quarrel with Mr. LiMandri, but that architects and engineers who went through the arduous licensing process necessarily acquired a comprehensive understanding of zoning codes and building practices.

"The only way to protect our beautiful ocean environment is with comprehensive ocean zoning reform," he said.

Prior to returning to private practice, Toni was the Director of Community Development for the City of Newark, New Jersey, where she was responsible for creating a centralized division of planning and urban design, launching the city's complete overhaul of its comprehensive master plan and zoning ordinance.