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1983,59pp.

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and the City

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may promote
development by:

• procedural delays.

• Speeding up the application and
review process.

• Inc efficiency.

• Saving costs in city government.

• Clarifying regulations so that develop-
ers can understand them without
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governments can modify zoning
ordinances to allow well-designed
increased-density development, create
new subdivision regulations that reflect
technology In construction materi-
als, and streamline inhouse review
prefectures. Communities can begin the
fion reform process by first deter-
problem exists and

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Site
Plan Handbook

Ustokln, David and Carole Walker
1988,438pp.

Available for $49.95 plus $3 shipping arid
handling from Center for Urban Policy
Research, Rutgers University, P.O. Box 489,
Pfscataway, NJ (201) 932-3133.

This book provides a model subdivision
and site-plan ordinance, along with
explanatory text and a reference section
that reflects state-of-the-art land-use
regulation. Designed for use by govern-
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