Monday, June 25th, 2007
10:00 A.M.
1. Welcome and Introductions: Lynn T. Bush, Executive Director, Bucks County Planning Commission and Chairperson, LUHC
2. Residential Land Use Regulation in the Philadelphia MSA: Anita Summers, Professor Emeritus of Real Estate and Public Policy, and Research Director, Zell/Laurie Real Estate Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Land use regulation of residential development is ubiquitous across the Philadelphia metropolitan area, as it is across the nation. To better understand the exact nature of residential land use regulation and its implications, the Zell/Laurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania embarked on a national and regional survey, funded in part by the William Penn Foundation. This detailed data was then used to create the Wharton Residential Land Use Regulation Index (WRLURI), an aggregate index designed to measure the degree of residential land use control in each jurisdiction. Ms. Summers will discuss the survey findings and their policy implications for the region.
3. Form-based codes and the model SmartCode: Sandy Sorlien, Independent SmartCode Consultant
Sandy Sorlien is the principal editor of the SmartCode, a sample form-based code developed by the new urbanist firm Duany Plater-Zyberk in 2003. The SmartCode is a result of collaboration between planners, designers, land use attorneys, editors, and code writers. The SmartCode is form-based, transect-based, and is also a unified development code (UDC) folding zoning, subdivision and land development regulations, urban design, and basic architectural standards into one document. Sandy also led the Codes team at the Mississippi Renewal Form, a week-long planning charrette organized with efficient urgency six weeks after Hurricane Katrina.
4. Proposed Mobility and Community Form Element of New Jersey Master Plans: Susan Weber, Supervising Transportation Analyst, NJ Department of Transportation Bureau of Statewide Planning
The New Jersey Department of Transportation is currently working to require a new "Mobility and Community Form" Element in local municipal master plans, by amending the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law to replace the required Land Use Element and the optional Circulation Element with this new element. This element will require that municipalities link land development and transportation goals as one set of goal statements that work together to better manage community development. NJDOT has created an extensive Mobility and Community Form guide that assists municipalities in this new type of comprehensive thinking. The guide explains a variety of smart growth strategies, and encourages a fresh and dynamic view of context-sensitive streets, multi-modal transportation, and transit-oriented development.
5. Old Business
6. New Business
7. Adjournment