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control policies

"Local Land Use Controls:
An Idea Whose lime Has
Passed"
Law Review
E.
Vol. 36, No. 261, 49pp.
This article argues that local land-use
controls, as currently used, have outlived
their usefulness. Local land-use control
are being abused at worst and are
too restrictively used at best, leaving
problems unresolved. Reform
has teen ineffective; local governments
be stripped of all power to enact
any land-use control ordinances. In lieu
of         ordinances, a range of private,
market-oriented supply-demand factors,
with private control mechanisms
(covenants, easements, deed restric-
tions), should be allowed to shape devel-
activity. These would be coupled
an expanded array of State perfor-
standards and State or regional
development-review processes.

farmland,        historically or
unique         or structures. The
in determining         use	be limit-
ed to include only providing informa-
tion, raising questions,        monitoring
compliance with development approvals
granted by higher governmental bodies.
A total of 137 footnotes is listed.
"Reflections on Euclid:
Social Contract and
Private Purpose**
Zoning and the American Dream
Haar, Charles M.
1989,21pp.
Available for $39.95 (or $36.95 for members)
from the American Planning Association
Bookstore, 1313 E. 60th Street, Chicago 11
60637, (312)955-9105.
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ing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in
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