City Planning

ATHENS, GA. (AP) City leaders in Athens are weighing a possible limit to high-density development downtown near the University of Georgia campus. The Athens-Clarke County Commission plans a vote April 3 on whether to fund a long-term master plan for growth. But commissioners are also considering a short-term measure that would halve the maximum residential [...]

MEETING GOALS: Identify opportunities for cycling advocacy created by the LRT, learn about planning initiatives under way, and set cyclist strategy. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is currently in the planning stages. Stretching for 25 kilometres from Black Creek Drive to McCowan station, the project cuts through 13 City wards and will transform the heart of [...]

OGDENSBURG City planners are concerned the public might perceive proposed waterfront use policies as restrictions on growth. At a meeting of the Ogdensburg Steering Committee on Wednesday, community representatives reviewed natural coast policies proposed as part of the citys Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan. The policies regulate land use with respect to environmental and safety concerns, [...]

The Lake Havasu City Planning and Zoning Commission meets Wednesday with a light agenda that includes a public hearing for a map of an existing commercial development at 1100 London Bridge Road.

The new pedestrian plaza on 37th Road in Jackson Heights, in the heart of Little India, is an oasis of calm, a much-needed stretch of open space in a traffic-glutted area of Queens. Or, it is a glaring example of disastrous city planning, a blighted, unlovely esplanade that has all but decimated commerce in the [...]

The Kalispell City Planning Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend that the city annex 1.35 acres on US 93 that would be developed into a residential treatment facility for people with eating disorders. The property sits across from Big Mountain Golf Club, south of Ponderosa Estates.

By Jennifer Sourdellia Originally published March 18, 2012 at 10:30 pm, updated March 18, 2012 at 10:30 pm Is it a violation of the city ordinance to leave garbage or recycling containers on the street seven days a week? Yes. According to Sec. 13-175 (b) of the City Code, it shall be unlawful for any [...]

Construction around Wilsonville- whether it be roads, buildings orhomes – has been constant since we moved here over three years ago. The I-5 Interchange, hundreds of new apartments atthe old Thunderbird Mobile Club site, a new office/medical building going up behind Albertsons. The list goes on and on. Typically, I find out what is happening [...]

by Dorothy Markulis | Reporter Hudson — A day care center, received approval from the planning commission March 12 for conditional use in south Hudsons District 8, which is zoned for industrial and business use. Primrose School, to be located at 1295 Corporate Drive, will occupy a 12,688-square-foot building which previously housed medical offices. No [...]

The flap over Advantage Watertown will be coming up again at the Watertown City Councils meeting Monday night. At last Mondays meeting, Councilman Jeffrey M. Smith questioned whether the group of community and business leaders is a city-sanctioned organization and whether it has any legal authority to exist. He also called it a shadow government [...]