The Department of Community Development has been working on a zoning proposal that aims to encourage small businesses and ...

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MOUNT PLEASANT — The last time this town set a path for the long-term future of downtown development in Hawthorne, Thornwood and Valhalla, Richard Nixon was in the White House and the Beatles were ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city announced Thursday that it’s formed-based zoning code code won another award. The city took home the 17th annual Form-base Code Award from the Center for Zoning Solutions a ...

KINGSTON — The city’s Common Council unanimously approved a new citywide zoning code on Tuesday night, concluding a yearslong effort to comprehensively change how homeowners, developers and ...

One goal is to make downtown more walkable and appealing to visitors and connect the area to the entertainment district.

Zoning has also been criticized for contributing to the nation’s housing crisis by freezing neighborhoods and limiting new construction, in regions such as California’s Bay Area. Traditional zoning ...

Whether they’re talking about a charming block of historic townhouses in downtown Frederick or a bucolic rural village like Burkittsville, it’s not unusual to hear someone around here lament that “we ...

Planning commissioners have scheduled an April 4 public hearing to discuss whether the newly approved form-based zoning code should be applied to the entire Pearl District.