SECTION 2

QROWTH AND QROWTH
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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