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According to the New York Times, "single-family zoning is practically gospel in America," as a vast number of cities zone land extensively for detached single-family homes. [10] Low-density residential zoning is far more predominating in U.S. cities than in other countries. [7]
On July 2, 2019, the State of Oregon passed House Bill 2001, requiring medium cities (more than 10,000 people) to allow duplexes in areas zoned for single-family homes and large cities (more than 25,000 people or more than 1,000 people if they are in the Portland metropolitan area) to allow duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, cottage court ...
A Standard State Zoning Enabling Act" (SZEA) was a model law for U.S. states to enable zoning regulations in their jurisdictions. It was drafted by a committee of the Department of Commerce and first issued in 1922. This act was one of the foundational developments in land use planning in the United States.
For instance, if a city has a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet, only eight full homes can be built on a single acre of land (1 acre = 43,560 square feet).
The urban sprawl that most US cities began to experience in the mid-twentieth century was, in part, created by a flat approach to land use regulations. Zoning without planning created unnecessarily exclusive zones. Thoughtless mapping of these zones over large areas was a big part of the recipe for suburban sprawl. [4]
The new zoning encouraged privately owned public space to ease the density of the city. [9] On December 5, 2024, The New York City Council voted to increase and allow the construction of a number of affordable housing units within the 5 boroughs. Zoning laws will once again be adjusted citywide. This legislation is called The City of Yes.
The number of people in Franklin and the six surrounding counties — Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Madison and Union — was expected to rise by 500,000, to 2.3 million.
After the decision, the number of municipalities with zoning legislation multiplied, from 368 in 1925 to over 1,000 in 1930. [ 9 ] After the end of World War II and the country's subsequent suburbanization process, exclusionary zoning policies experienced an uptick in complexity, stringency and prevalence as suburbanites attempted to more ...