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Sometimes permissive zoning laws don’t actually encourage positive urban development outcomes. Example: Texas Zoning has to both exist and be well-designed.
by dangus 6mo ago
Sometimes permissive zoning laws don’t actually encourage positive urban development outcomes.
Example: Texas
Zoning has to both exist and be well-designed.
- zbrozek 6mo agoI bet you'd see natural market driven concentration around rail stations in Texas too, if they had a useful rail network.
- XenophileJKO 6mo agoYou might be surprised, look at Dallas. They have a pretty extensive rail network.
- Schiendelman 6mo agoDallas does not have permissive zoning, even in comparison to a city like Seattle.
- jt2190 6mo agoDallas-Area Rapid Transit (DART) member cities all had to develop 25-year plans for denser development around station sites as a condition of their membership, if that’s what you mean by “natural”.
- graeme 6mo agoTexas zoning isn't nearly as permissive as Japan's. Setbacks are a big added requirement. Minimum parking requirements too though that is changing. But it would not be legal to build japanese neighbourhoods in Texas.
- larsiusprime 6mo agoTexas zoning is only “permissive” relative to other states. Relative to Japan it’s quite restrictive.