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54 minutes ago by The Saint Consulting Group

By Patrick Fox, President, The Saint Consulting Group A client recently asked me how to deal with an angry mob. If you are confronting an angry mob of residents opposing your project at a public hearing, you’re not alone. I can tell you it is happening across the US and Europe with greater intensity ...

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23 hours ago by admin

On Monday Charlotte City Council will vote on a proposal that places tight restrictions on Latino owned taco trucks operating primarily along Central Ave. and South Blvd. while exempting other mobile food vendors such as downtown hot dog carts, and ice cream trucks. This ordinance is based on percep ...

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1 day ago by john_m

The text of the ordinance indicates that there will be a public hearing before the City Planning Commission on July 6 on Ordinance 2009-135 (PDF), the official act of rezoning Union Hill that has been in the works for so long (though it is not on the published agenda for that meeting…). The text als ...

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1 day ago by goingcoastal

The city’s Coney Island plan suffered a major setback Wednesday as officials admitted they had not ruled out the use of eminent domain to acquire land for the project. The admission, which threatens property owned by developer Thor Equities, came as some City Council members strongly indicated they ...

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2 days ago by Josh Margul

In March of 2008 Boston implemented a new zoning ordinance limiting the number of “full-time undergraduate” students allowed to live in an off-campus housing unit. Leases prior the the passing of the zoning amendment weren’t grandfathered in — they had about six months to comply, and even had to fil ...

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2 days ago by ESTÚPIDO SAVANNAH

Okay, I recognize that this is a small thing. I understand that in the great expanse of our vast universe this is a historically small thing but still… it bugged me and I will address it. Yeah that's what I was afraid of “Approved a financial plan to sell or refinance about $78 million in municipal ...

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3 days ago by The Saint Consulting Group

By Saint Consulting Staff, The Saint Consulting Group Continuing our series of case studies to illustrate the politics of planning, this Saint Model Outcome looks at overcoming local opposition to a retail project. Our client wanted to close an existing 35,000-SF store and construct a new 50,000-SF ...

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4 days ago by Michael Janzen

One of the most common questions I hear asked on Tiny House Design centers around how to get tiny house projects approved by planning departments. There is no easy answer to this question because the level of difficulty really depends on what you’re trying to build and the local rules. Below are a f ...

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4 days ago by Elena Cala Buscarino

Monique Watts' chickens got a little closer to home yesterday, when the ordinance to keep chickens within the City of Buffalo was brought before the Common Council for a majority vote. A final vote will be held this coming Tuesday, but with 6 of 9 council members backing it, legislation that allows ...

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6 days ago by mf

Although that's not the exact letter of what city planning intends to enact, it's close enough. To rephrase what i said earlier: The zoning code is not the mechanism to influence what people eat. Furthermore, an observational point: many of the same neighborhoods that the city has identified as lack ...

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