The SmartCode: A Weapon To Fight The Sprawl War

'The SmartCode', published by urban design firm DPZ is now available as an alternative to conventional zoning regulations.

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March 7, 2003, 6:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The SmartCode went off to the publisher today. It was a four-and-a-half-year wrestling match between the American reality and the American ideal. It was by far the most difficult thing that I have ever done." -- Andrés Duany, Jan 31, 2003. "In keeping with the new urbanist principle that the neighborhood is the basic unit of urban form, the SmartCode provides design criteria for streets, blocks, open spaces and buildings based on their geographic location from rural preserve to urban core. Municipalities can now adopt the SmartCode as a replacement for the aging zoning ordinances often criticized by new urbanists for perpetuating sprawl."

Thanks to The Town Paper

FULL STORY: The SmartCode: A Weapon to Fight the Sprawl War

Thursday, March 6, 2003 in The Town Paper

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