{"product_id":"a-legal-guide-to-urban-and-sustainable-development-for-planners-developers-and-architects-isbn-9780470053294","title":"A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, \u003ci\u003eA Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects\u003c\/i\u003e offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities. Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation, overcoming impediments to sound urban design practice, and state and Federal issues related to the legal issues of urban design and planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword, Andrés Duany vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1 TO SUBURBIA AND BACK: HOW URBANIST LAW IS DIFFERENT 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Slone, Doris Goldstein, and Andy Gowder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2 SUSTAINABLE URBANISM 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Slone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: The Navy Yard at Noisette 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3 TWEAKING THE SYSTEM: GETTING PROJECTS BUILT AND CODES CHANGED WITHIN THE EXISTING ZONING FRAMEWORK 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Brewster, Matt Lawlor, Brian Ohm, and Mark White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4 CHANGING THE RULES: NEW APPROACHES TO ZONING 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Ohm and Mark White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForm-Based Codes, Bob Sitkowski and Bill Spikowski 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Smart Code, Chad Emerson 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5 FIEFDOMS AND FIRE TRUCKS: OVERCOMING IMPEDIMENTS IN THE SUBDIVISION, PLAT-REVIEW, AND SITE-PLAN PROCESSES 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Slone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6 RETOOLING THE COMMON-INTEREST COMMUNITY 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoris S. Goldstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: Seaside, Florida 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 SPECIAL BUILDING TYPES 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoris S. Goldstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 LITIGATION 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Gowder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: The Fight for Entitlements: I ’ On, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9 FEDERAL POLICY, INITIATIVES, AND ALLIANCES 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Brewster and Matt Lawlor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10 STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Slone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX: AN APPROACH TO GREENING PROJECTS OR MUNICIPALITIES 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINDEX 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In short, this book is an excellent resource and one that should be read and used as a reference for project design and implementation.\" (\u003ci\u003eLawoftheland.com\u003c\/i\u003e, 10\/11\/08)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...is a primer for practicing architects, urban designers, and urban planners on legal and contractual issues that accompany the emerging field of sustainable urban design.\" (\u003ci\u003eGreen InSight Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e, Oct 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Immensely practical, this guidebook is loaded with techniques that can enable New Urbanism to jump hurdles erected by the legal system, the political apparatus, and the day-to-day difficulties of community life. Each chapter stands on its own, and there are case studies and dozens of sidebars, so you can read the book from start to finish or you can jump in and out. This book is so informative that new urbanists will soon be asking themselves how they ever got along without it.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Urban News\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel K. Slone\u003c\/b\u003e is a partner in the Richmond, Virginia, office of the law firm McGuireWoods LLP. As a consultant and legal counsel, he represents developers, green businesses, and municipalities around the world, advising them on neighborhood development, environmental issues, land use, utilities, and complex business and real estate matters. Mr. Slone is the national counsel for both the U.S. Green Building Council and the Congress for the New Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoris S. Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e is an attorney whose practice focuses on new urbanist communities, beginning with Seaside, Florida, in the 1980s. In addition to her ongoing involvement with Seaside, Ms. Goldstein represents developers of mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities throughout the county. Her work extends past the development stage to include operational issues, giving her unique practical experience and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributing author \u003cb\u003eW. Andrew Gowder Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is a litigating attorney with particular experience in urban and sustainable development. Other contributors include experienced attorneys and planners with special insight into planning and zoning practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePractical guide to the legal issues of using urbanist and sustainable development principles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy examining and explaining the particular legal issues that accompany urbanist design and sustainable development, this timely book shows urban planners, developers, designers, and architects how to make the law work for them in planning and executing sustainable urban projects. Written by experienced attorneys, this book thoroughly explains the practical implications of the current law and legal theories surrounding urbanism and sustainability, and forecasts its future directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing case studies, photographs, and illustrations, this book offers real-world solutions to the legal issues of urban and sustainable development, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporating good urban design principles into local land regulation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOvercoming impediments to urban and sustainable design practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGetting projects built and codes changed within the existing zoning framework\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing fundamentally new approaches to zoning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManaging and coping with litigation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructuring and operating the mixed-use common interest community\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding legal issues specific to urbanist building types\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvoiding unnecessary conflicts between urbanist codes and sustainability codes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollectively, the authors have handled every aspect of urbanist law. The two lead authors, Daniel K. Slone and Doris S. Goldstein, are attorneys who are pioneers in the field, having worked with architects, planners, city officials, and developers at the vanguard of urban planning and sustainability. Their comments and firsthand experience, interspersed throughout the book, help illuminate how the law governs day-to-day planning and development activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe movements toward sustainable and urbanist development are changing the landscape of America. 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