Here in Montgomery, we've adopted a customized version of the SmartCode as the primary land use regulation for certain parts of the jurisdiction. You can read more about the SmartCode here and here.The SmartCode is both a form-based and
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(In)Famous Chinese Things…
When someone says "Chinese" as an adjective I typically think of food or maybe checkers.Rarely though do I think of synthetic building material.That should probably change now that Congress and some of the nation's leading plaintiff law firms are getting…
Street Design and Safety…
The Congress for New Urbanism recently wrapped up its annual transportation conference–this year in Portland, Oregon.You can read more about the event and several of the initiatives here.One of the most pressing issues in this area is how street…
Gardening By Variance?
I’m actually pretty excited about this coming weekend. There’s an art and wine festival at our neighborhood and I have a great doubles tennis match set up.But, even more than both of those, it’s planting time this Saturday. Some carrots, peppered…
Land Planning Class Simulation Continued…
As I blogged before, this semester I'm having my Land Planning and Development students engage in a simulated infill development project in a small group setting.Today, we're headed on one of our site visits to the traditional neighborhood development in…
Project Development Class Simulation…
Well, I suppose its fitting that my first Land Use Prof blog post will occur just minutes before the Land Planning and Development course that I teach here at Faulkner.This semester, I've eliminated the textbooks and hornbooks and replaced them with a…
Alabama litigation over whether and how homeless sex offenders have to register
Main September 25, 2009Alabama litigation over whether and how homeless sex offenders have to registerThis article from Alabama, headlined “Alabama’s sex offender laws challenged,” spotlights some of the legal difficulties surrounding registration requirements for homeless sex offenders. Here is…
Democratic Party Embraces Anti-Choice Candidates
NY Times: Democrats Carrying Anti-Abortion Banner Put More Congressional Races in Play, by Raymond Hernandez:The political advertisement that aired in Montgomery, Ala., spokeplainly to conservative voters’ values. As an image of three toddlersin diapers flashed across the screen,…
SEC Charges Birmingham Mayor with Municipal Bond Fraud
The SEC filed a civil action today against Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, William Blount, and Albert LaPierre, alleging that while Langford served as president of the County Commission of Jefferson County, Alabama (County Commission), he accepted more than $156,000…
Barker to be Appointed to EEOC
al.com reports:The White House announced this afternoon that the president intends tonominate Alabama attorney Constance Barker to the Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission. If confirmed, she would fill the remainder of afive-year term through June 2011.Barker is with Capell & Howard…
