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  2. Setback (land use) - Wikipedia

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    British Columbia uses a minimum setback of 4.5 metres (15 feet) of any building, mobile home, retaining wall, or other structure from all highway rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure unless the building has access from another street, in which case the allowed setback is 3 metres (10 feet).

  3. Setback (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    For the same reason, setbacks may also be used in lower density districts to limit the height of perimeter walls above which a building must have a pitched roof or be set back before rising to the permitted height. [5] In many cities, building setbacks add value to the interior real estate adjacent to the setback by creating usable exterior spaces.

  4. Planned unit development - Wikipedia

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    A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non-Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and development flexibility. [1]

  5. Push for more homes on smaller lots statewide suffers setback

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    Choon James, a residential real estate broker on Oahu's North Shore, made a similar prediction. "The minute land is entitled to a higher density, the property value automatically escalates, " she ...

  6. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many American cities passed residential segregation laws based on race between 1910 and 1917. Baltimore City Council passed such a law in December 1910. [42] [43] Unlike the Los Angeles Residential District which created well-defined areas for residential land use, the Baltimore scheme was implemented on a block-by-block basis.

  7. 1916 Zoning Resolution - Wikipedia

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    Midtown Manhattan in 1932, showing the results of the Zoning Resolution: skyscrapers with setbacks Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district. The 1916 Zoning Resolution in New York City was the first citywide zoning code in the United States. The zoning ...

  8. Floor area ratio - Wikipedia

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    The other important regulation you must be aware of it as an architect and professional designer is Height and Setback, and open space regulation. In many cases you your calculated FAR allows you to build more, but above regulations that comes from NYC Zoning resolution limits your design and cannot go for the maximum allowed FAR.

  9. Law to change graduation requirements in Oklahoma schools ...

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    Katie Robertson, the executive director of the Oklahoma Music Educators Association, said in a letter to supporters the high school graduation requirement is the only arts requirement for students ...