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The History of Planning — II

Profession

Legislation and Zoning

  • Milestones in American City Planning: from the Plan of Chicago to the Crash, Blueprints, Vol. X, No. 2, Spring 1992, National Building Museum
  • 1879 San Francisco — Zoning
  • HADACHECK v. SEBASTIAN, 239 U.S. 394 (1915), 1915.
  • WELCH v. SWASEY, 214 U.S. 91 (1909) upheld public control of building height.
  • 1909 Los Angeles — Zoning
  • 1916 New York City Zoning Code, which integrated land-use controls, building height restrictions, and regulation of building setbacks and yards in a single ordinance-creating "residential, commercial, and industrial" zones.
  • VILLAGE OF EUCLID, OHIO v. AMBLER REALTY CO., 272 U.S. 365 (1926). Established the constitutionality of comprehensive zoning: the constitutional building block for American city planning and zoning.
  • Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA) of 1926 [Download as PDF file.]
  • Standard City Planning Enabling Act (SCPEA) of 1928 [Download as PDF file.]

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