Land Use Planning

University of Louisville
School of Urban and Public Affairs
LAND USE PLANNING
PLAN 607 / UPA 683
Spring, 2007
Class time: Monday evenings, 5:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Calendar

• First Session: Monday, January 08, 2007
• No Class on January 8, 2007 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (observed)
• No Class on March 12 th – Spring Break
• Last Class Meeting/Final Projects due: Monday, April 30 th

Course Instructor

John I. Trawick , MBA, AICP
432-3722 cell - M-F 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
jackt@centerforneighborhoods.org

Also at:
Center For Neighborhoods
610 S. Fourth St., Suite 701
Louisville , Kentucky 40202
502-589-0343
502-589-0616 (fax)

Office hours: by appointment and/or directly before or after regular class meeting

The PURPOSE of the course is:

• To introduce participants to the social, political and economic forces that underlie the use of land in the United States;
• To the processes that result in the expansion of urban areas;
• And to the regulatory powers that communities exercise to influence urban growth and development.

The OUTCOME of participation should be:

• An understanding of fundamental real estate development processes;
• An understanding of the legal and political history of land use planning and regulation in the United States ;
• An understanding of the current practice of land use planning and zoning in the U.S. , with a particular focus on Metro Louisville, Kentucky;
• An understanding of public participation in community planning and development.

The GOALS of the class are as follows:

• To introduce participants to the history of urban land use regulation in the United States ;
• To introduce participants to forecasts on possible alternative trends for future American land use and urbanization patterns, and to the role of planning and public policy in influencing those trends;
• To introduce participants to the administrative processes and mechanisms that serve to regulate metropolitan land use development;
• To introduce participants to the political processes – often adversarial – that influence land use and development decisions.

The course will include an extensive review of literature and discussions pertaining to the course topic. Evidence of reading and understanding will be evaluated through class discussions and occasional written assignments and will contribute forty percent (40 %) to the student's final course grade.

The course will require both a mid-term and a final project, each of which will constitute twenty percent (20%) of the student's final course grade.

The remaining twenty percent (20 %) of each student's grade will be based upon factors such as attendance, participation in class discussions and interaction with instructors and guest speakers, and apparent grasp by course's end of the fundamental skills and attitudes introduced over the length of the course.

GRADING
The course will be graded on a conventional scale:

• A+ = 97-100%
• A = 94-96%
• A- = 90-93%
• B+ = 87-89%
• B = 84-86%
• B- = 80-83%
• C+ = 77-79%
• C = 74-76%
• C- = 70-73%
• D+ = 67-69%
• D = 64-66%
• D- = 60-63%
• F = < 60%

Course Reading

• Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 100
  Planning and Zoning (version 7/13/04)
  http://grantcounty.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D4FAE7C-3A71-460B-87AE-
  72D676E0ED61/0/krs_100.pdf
• Cornerstone 2020
  (Adopted 6/15/2000)
  Goals & Objectives and Plan Elements
  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/AA2A350C-92EC-41D5-B44D-
  01207FFFE9C5/0/C2020FinalVersionwithgraphics.pdf
• Cornerstone 2020 Core Graphics
  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/PlanningDesign/Cornerstone_2020_Core_
  Graphics.htm
• Louisville Metro Land Development Code
  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/PlanningDesign/ldc/
• Nelson, Arthur C. and Robert E. Lang. “The Next 100 Million,” Planning (article). American Planning Association, Vol. 73, No. 1, January 2007, pp. 4-6.
• Nelson, Arthur C. and Robert E. Lang. “The Rise of the Megapolitans,” Planning (article). American Planning Association, Vol. 73, No. 1, January 2007, pp. 7-12.
• Leopold, Aldo. “The Land Ethic,” A Sand County Almanac . New York : Ballantine Books, 1973. Pp. 237-243.
• Lynch, Kevin and Gary Hack. Site Planning. Cambridge : The MIT Press, 1984.
• Arnold, Alvin L. “Real Estate as an Investment,” Chapter 1 in Real Estate Investor's Deskbook. Boston : Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1982.
  1.01 Elements of a Good Real Estate Investment [pp. 1-2 through 1-9]
  1.03 Types of Real Estate Interests [pp. 1-19 through 1-27]
• Hoch, Charles J., Linda C. Dalton and Frank S. So., eds. The Practice of Local Government Planning . Washington , DC : International City/County Management Association, 2000.
  - Kaiser, John Edward and David R. Godschalk, “Development Planning,” (Chapter 7) pp. 141-169
  - Meck, Stuart, Paul Wack, and Michelle J. Zimet, “Zoning and subdivision regulations,” (Chapter 14) pp. 343-374
  - Nelson, Arthur C., “Growth management,” (Chapter 15) pp. 375-399
  - So., Frank S., Israel Stollman, Frank Beal and David S. Arnold, eds. “Zoning.” Chapter 15 in The Practice of Local Government Planning . Washington DC : International City Management Association in cooperation with the American Planning Association, 1979.
• Kayden, Jerold S. “Reconsidering Zoning: Expanding an American Land-Use Frontier.”
• Zoning Practice , American Planning Association (January, 2004).
  http://www.planning.org/zoningpractice/member/pdf/ZPJan04.pdf
• Hayden, Dolores. “The Shapes of Suburbia,” (Chapter One) and “Edge Nodes” (Chapter Eight) in Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000. New York : Vintage Books, 2003.
• Rouse, David and Nancy Zobl. “Form-Based Development Codes.”
  Zoning Practice , American Planning Association (May, 2004).
  http://www.planning.org/zoningpractice/member/pdf/ZPMay04.pdf
• White, Mark S. “Development Codes for Built Out Communities.”
  Zoning Practice . American Planning Association (August, 2006).
  http://www.planning.org/zoningpractice/member/pdf/ZPAug06.pdf
• Louisville Metro Government.
  A Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Louisville Metro .
  March, 2006.
  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/C19BF4CB-E559-47E7-AA3A-
  B39F9124D45D/0/ComprehensiveHousingStrategyFINAL.pdf
• Brunick, Nicholas J. “The Inclusionary Housing Debate: The Effectiveness of Mandatory Programs Over Voluntary Programs.” Zoning Practice . American Planning Association (September, 2004)
  http://www.planning.org/zoningpractice/member/pdf/ZPSep04.pdf
• Brunick, Nicholas J. “Inclusionary Housing: Proven Success in Large Cities.”
  Zoning Practice . American Planning Association (October, 2004).
  http://www.planning.org/zoningpractice/member/pdf/ZPOct04.pdf
• Voelker, Robert H. “A Developer's Approach to Organized Opposition” (article). Housing Bond Report, Volume IX, Issue VI. June, 2006.
• Dittmar, Hank. “Driving Growth Through Transit-Oriented Development.”
  Zoning Practice . American Planning Association (August, 2004).
  http://www.planning.org/zoningpractice/member/pdf/ZPAug04.pdf
• The Brookings Institution – Center on Urban & Metropolitan Policy.
  Beyond Merger: A Competitive Vision for the Regional City of Louisville .
  Chapter 2, “Employment,” pp. 12-14.
  Chapter 3, “Land Use and Development,” pp. 15-17.
• The Greater Louisville Project, 2002.
  http://www.greaterlouisvilleproject.org/pdf/LVL12_17.pdf
• Greater Louisville Project .
  2005 Competitive City Report .
  “In-Depth: Balance Metropolitan Growth.”
  http://www.greaterlouisvilleproject.org/pdf/LVL12_17.pdf
• Greater Louisville Project.
  2007 Competitive City Report.
  http://www.greaterlouisvilleproject.org/2007report/index.asp
• Fischman, Robert.
  “The American Metropolis at Century's End: Past and Future Influences,”
  Housing Facts & Findings (Fannie Mae Foundation), Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 1999.
  http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/hff/v1i4-metropolis.shtml
• Gertner, Jon. “Chasing Ground,” The New York Times Magazine (article). October, 16 2004.
• Bruegmann, Robert. Sprawl: A Compact History. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005
• Katz, Bruce and Scott Bernstein. “The New Metropolitan Agenda: Connecting Cities & Suburbs.” The Brookings Review. Vol. 16, No. 4. (Fall, 1998), pp. 4-7.
  http://www.brookings.edu/press/REVIEW/fa98/katz.pdf
• Katz, Bruce and Amy Liu. “Moving Beyond Sprawl: Toward a Broader Metropolitan Agenda,” The Brookings Review. Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 31-34.
  http://www.brook.edu/press/review/spring2000/katz.htm
• Puentes, Robert and Myron Orfield. Valuing America 's First Suburbs: A Policy Agenda for Older Suburbs in the Midwest . The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 2002.
  http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/firstsuburbs/firstsuburbs.pdf
• Lindsay, Greg. “Rise of the Aerotropolis,” Fast Company (article). Issue 107, July 2006.
• Loomis, John (1995) “ Williamsburg , Brooklyn – Manufacturing Communities: Primer for Urban Reinvestment,” Places : Vol. 10, No. 1, Article.
  http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1587&context=ced/places
• Arendt, Randall. Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Codes. National Lands Trust, 1997.
  http://www.greenerprospects.com/growinggreener.pdf
• Seidman, Karl F. Revitalizing Commerce for American Cities: A Practitioner's Guide to Urban Main Street Programs . The Fannie Mae Foundation, September 2004.
  http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/pdf/101504_seidman.pdf
• Godschalk, David. “Land Use Planning Challenges: Coping with Conflicts in Visions of Sustainable Development and Livable Communities.” Journal of the American Planning Association 70, no 1 (Winter 2004): 5-13.
• Jacobs, Harvey M. “Fighting over Land: America 's Legacy … America 's Future?” Journal of the American Planning Association 65, no 2 (Spring 1999): 141-149.
• Bartholomew, Keith. “The Evolution of Non-Governmental Land Use Planning Organizations.” Journal of the American Planning Association 70, no 1 (Autumn 1999): 357-363.
• American Planning Association. Policy Guides on Planning for Sustainability. Adopted April 16, 2000.
  http://www.planning.org/policyguides/sustainability.htm
• Berube, Alan and Bruce Katz, “Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America.” The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program. October, 2005.
  http://www.brook.edu/metro/pubs/20051012_Concentratedpoverty.pdf