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Beginning of Zoning
- Pig in Parlor
- State responsiblity
- Police power
- most gave priority to residence
- out of the city beautiful movement
- First case in Los Angles 1909
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Benefits of Zoning
- Makes future growth less controversial
- Done by elected officals
- Has to conform to the agreed upon public purpose
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Euclidean Zoning
- Districts for specific uses
- Set standards
- not used anymore
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Problems of zoning
- Too much regulation- one size fits all
- stops drive-able communities
- not flexable
- causes excessive land consumption
- cant have a mix of uses
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Infill Development
- Revitalizing urban areas
- Putting different uses together
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Elements that lead to Healthy Community
- Leadership- visionary, responsible, trusted, corporate particip
- Economic Vitality- opertunity
- Physical Condition- what makes a place unique
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Prime Farmland
- produces the highest yields with minimal inputs and least damaging to environment
- Adequate moisture, temperature, not too stoney
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Indiana Criteria for Prime Farmland
- Deeper than 20 in
- Subsoils finer than sandy loam
- less than 6% slope
- No flooding
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Ex-urban Growth +/-
- - to community
- + to individual
- need to plan as community
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Preserving Farmland @ state level
- Growth Management Laws
- Fee-simple land purchases
- Conservation easements
- purchase of development rights
- differential tax assesment
- ag districs
- right to farm
- executive orders
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