Zoning Practice
Zoning Practice helps guide you as you write and administer smart development codes.
Harvesting Benefits from Incentive Zoning
May 2025
This issue of Zoning Practice explores how incentive-based zoning has evolved over the decades to become an increasingly effective tool in helping communities reach their planning goals and community vision. It begins with an overview of the origins and evolution of incentive-based zoning in the U.S. before presenting a modern, three-pronged approach, including administrative adjustments, specific-benefit-focused incentives, and planned unit developments.
Zoning Practice analyzes trends and spotlights innovation in local land use and development regulation. It is a valuable digital resource for:
- Planners and land use attorneys responsible for drafting or administering zoning and other land use and development regulations
- Emerging professionals interested in learning more about plan implementation
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Spotlight on Zoning Practice
Have You Cracked the Code on Effective Zoning Engagement?
March 12, 2025Let’s Make This ‘Shouse’ a Home
February 12, 2025Turn Down the Lights
January 13, 2025How Risky Is Your Freight Corridor Zoning?
Aiding the Small Farm Evolution
November 12, 2024Bringing ‘Hidden’ Suburban and Exurban Housing into the Light
October 9, 2024What to Do When the Map Doesn’t Match the Text
September 11, 2024When More Participation Isn’t Better
Share Your Expertise
Zoning Practice welcomes proposals from outside contributors
We are especially eager to hear from potential authors with expertise on the following topics:
- Using zoning to advance equity, sustainability, and resilience objectives
- Recent trends in small-town and rural area zoning
- The effects of demographic or technological change on land use demand