#land-use-regulation tag

Casting shade on shadows: S.F. supervisor seeks to bar using shadows to block new housing

A proposed San Francisco law would remove shadow-based environmental concerns from environmental impact reports to prevent delays or blocks of new housing.

Agriculture

fromThe Village Voice

20 hours ago

Aurora Rangel de Alba's Wellington Dispute Raises Hard Questions About Approvals and Oversight - The Village Voice

A manure processing facility near a Wellington equestrian ranch began operating after an agricultural classification that may have bypassed public zoning review, prompting litigation and scrutiny.

Snowboarding

fromSnowBrains

3 months ago

White Wilderness Heliskiing, BC, Ordered To Shut Down After 9 Years Without Proper Approval - SnowBrains

White Wilderness Heliskiing was ordered to cease operations in BC's Agricultural Land Reserve for improper land use but continues operating despite lacking approvals.

fromTasting Table

5 months ago

Why So Many Of America's Top Fast Food Chains Are Nowhere To Be Found In This State - Tasting Table

Vermont is not entirely without big-name fast food places. It has 30 McDonald's locations, yet remains the only state in the U.S. without one in the capital city. There are also seven Kentucky Fried Chickens, but again, not a single one in Montpelier. The state capital is also the only one without a Starbucks, even though the coffee chain has about a dozen locations elsewhere in Vermont. As you can see, breaking into Vermont is not an easy feat.

US politics

Real estate

fromLaw & Liberty

5 months ago

A Henry Ford for Housing - Nathan Smith

Excessive land-use and building-trade regulation constrains housing supply, keeping homebuilding small and backward and driving unaffordable home prices despite broader productivity gains.

Austin

fromSlate Magazine

10 months ago

The Real Reason the Texas Flood Turned So Deadly

The Fourth of July floods highlight a public safety failure linked to known natural risks and poor land use regulation.

NYC real estate

fromwww.housingwire.com

11 months ago

Where land-use regulations are driving up housing costs

Restrictive land-use regulations hinder housing affordability, largely regulated at the local level rather than federal.

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