New Urbanism

            Return to Mayberry?

            Significance to the Andy Griffith Show

            Building a community in which residents socialize and travel by foot to local stores

SOLUTIONS:

- Neo-traditionalism

- New Urbanism

- Postmodernist

NEO-TRADITIONALISM

Style of housing -

Significant design of streets -

Reason for creating extra walking paths -

NEW URBANIST MODEL

-No Cul-de-sacs

-Central transit hubs

Creating a community - what would bring people closer together in a town?

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Common Complaint of New Urbanist

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Insignificant Benefit

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Are people buying the look, feel, community?

Two Different Flavors – a lot of commentators are beginning to make important decisions

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Examples of New Urbanism:

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What is a Transit Oriented Development - TOD - and who is known for creating it?

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Keys to TOD

            Create a core with highest density nearest the core

            Self sufficient/self contained community featuring:

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            Easy access metropolis

            Hidden Parking

Seaside, Florida - 1980's Andres Duany

            - Considered the classic example of _______________ design

            - ____________ public space.

            -Lot sizes and housing distances -

            -Design intended for streets and alleys -

            - Reason this design succeeded?

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Celebration, Florida - Disney

            - Life is ____________

            - Homes are owned by ______________ but enforced with strict rules by

                        the ____________.

            - Attempt by Disney to create a new town based on:

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            -Heavy emphasis on ______________ design.

            -designer _________________ dean of Yale.

Kentlands, Maryland - Late 80's early 90's by Duany

            -Vaguely reminiscent of a ____________ village.

            -open and public

            -very walkable

            -Built around landforms

            -very exclusive design

Washington Town Center, New Jersey - TDR

            -This plan proposed a risk, what was it _________________.

            -Features no cul-de-sacs

            -Very open streets and open space.

See Steiner 9.35-9.39

Greenways

        -"Inventor" of greenways _________________________.

            -Follows the METLAND which is ________________________________.

            -Greenway corridors are generally used for:

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            -Some environmental values of greenways are:

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            -Who pays for greenways:

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            -Some concerns for greenways are:

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Who is in Charge Here?

A municipal governmental deals primarily with:

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Environmental Commissions - part of many municipalities, provides one member to the planning board.

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            -(not very powerful)

County Government - Deals with:

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State Agencies and Organizations:

            -DCA -

                        -and deals with______________________.

            -State Planning Commission deals with:

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            -Farmland Preservation

            -State Agricultural development committee

            -Special Protection areas

What is DEP and what are they in charge of? _____________________________

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Federal Side

            -Independent Agencies

            -Cabinet Level Departments

-USDA - Agricultural

-NRCS -

-Forest Service-

-DOD- Defense-

-Commerce

            -NOAA-

-EPA-

Natural Resource Inventory

NRI     - _______________ resource inventory

            - _______________ cultural inventory

Often Compiled By _____________________________________.

-Comprehensive inventory with some analysis

-Describes conditions affecting public lands - resource decisions

General description of the Jurisdiction

            - Land use,____________, climate, ______________, ______________,

                        drainage, ______________, geology, _____________,

                        agricultural and renewable resources.

What good are NRI's

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Might impact:

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Describe the following agencies and what they do:

HHS-

HUD-

DOT-

Interior-

NGO - Environmental Planning

NGO = ________________________________________

-Name some local NGO's

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-What do NGO's do?

            - _____________the public.

            -Actively oppose __________________________.

            - _________________ public agencies and boards.

            - Acquire land for _________________ and __________________.

            - Clean up ______________________.

            - Coordinate efforts between ____________and _____________ activities.

Implementation

How does zoning help implement our Master Plan?

            -Zoning techniques:

                        -Down Zoning -

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                        -Urban Containment Zones -

Growth Containment

            - In an urbanizing state like NJ, it is important to develop an

                        ________________________________ boundary.

            - Two primary goals are to:

                        a.) Primary compact, ___________________that can easily be efficiently with_____________________.

                        b.) ____________________and there by conserve and protect.

Purchase of Development Rights - PDR

            PDR -

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 Transfer of Development Rights - TDR

            TDR -

            -Requires 2 basic areas:

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            -Benefits of TDR

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Zoning:

            Floating Zone or Overlay Map Zoning -

            Cluster or Density Zoning -

            Performance Zoning -

            Planned Unit Development - PUD -

            PUD's usually feature_______________ land uses and _______________

                        _______________between___________________.

            Ramapo Ordinance

                        -Ordinance requiring developer to attain a ____________________

                        ________________________________.

Deed restrictions and Covenants:

            - Limitations on_____________________and__________________.

            - Houston's version of_____________________.

See Steiner 10.2