37 days ago by hillamdr

Maeser Neighborhood Meeting Our next meeting will be on Thursday, January 26th at 6:30 pm (not the week earlier as previously announced, though in the future they will again be held on the 3rd Thursday of each month). We meet in the firehouse on 7th East and 3rd South. Please let me know if you have ...

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37 days ago by Kevin Waterman

Now that Gov. O’Malley has implemented PlanMaryland via executive order, more than a little ink and plenty of angst has been spilled over it. It’s been declaimed as part of a War on Rural Maryland, an example of executive overreach, an assault on private property rights, and an effort to undermine l ...

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39 days ago by Elie

In August 2008, the mid-block parcel of 163 Orchard Street was bulldozed to rubble and cleared out. Within a matter of months, the concrete crew arrived, and the foundation for a glitzy new hotel was poured. It was to become a “hip” inn with thirty-two rooms designed by architecture firm Grzywinski ...

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39 days ago by admin

Do you have a two story house and its always too hot upstairs in the summer time? Do you have a large sprawling ranch style house and the southwest end of the house is never comfortable? Try adding a Zone System to the house! By splitting up the air delivery based on demand, you’re able to control t ...

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40 days ago by philbacerra

From OPB – You’ve heard of neighborhood zoning. Now there’s a move afoot to zone the ocean. Oregon, Washington state and the federal government all have fledgling plans to coordinate competing ocean uses. But wave energy developers say Oregon’s initial draft leaves them in a watery ghetto. Oregon is ...

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40 days ago by Keith Marshall

Rules established by various levels of government dealing with how specific parcels and individual lots of land may be used. This means of controlling land usage is called zoning. Zoning is the setting aside of land for certain predefined purposes and uses. For example, in an urban area some land fa ...

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43 days ago by T. Caine

When asked, “When should sustainability be integrated into the design process?” most green designers would dutifully say at the very beginning of the project. A better answer is: before the project even starts. Each city has a framework of regulation that may not dictate, but certainly guides the co ...

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43 days ago by Noah Ostroff

Philadelphia, as viewed from the USGS LANDSAT satellite in 2002 When building anything in Philadelphia requires a variance, whether it’s a major commercial development or plain old residential real estate, then something’s wrong with the zoning code. Developers and planners alike came to that realiz ...

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44 days ago by gdacc

Pompey seeks to delay hydrofracking with a six-month moratorium | syracuse.com.

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44 days ago by Bernie O'Hare

In March, Bethlehem Zoning Officer John Lezoche retired after 36 years with the City. After just a few months on the job, Lezoche's replacement, Christine Bartleson, has decided she's had enough, too. What would make her want to leave so soon? Winter. Bartleson graduated from the University of North ...

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