Legislating Smart Growth: Favorable and Unfavorable Policies
There are numerous approaches that can be taken in growth
management and smart growth initiatives. Unfortunately,
“No Growth” objectives can be accomplished by
making very small changes to existing policy, such as restricting
the sale of particular goods to keep out a specific retailer,
limiting the number of parking spaces, and limiting the
square footage of retail locations. This can make it extremely
difficult to identify and impact bad policy, particularly
on the local level.
Conversely, there are also examples of growth management
policy that positively reinforce the ideal that smart growth
should not equal no growth.
ICSC strongly supports growth management strategies that
include the following principles:
- Local control over land use planning
- Integration of land uses
- Infill development and reuse of Brownfields
- Long-term planning that takes into account future growth
needs of a community
- Public/private partnerships
- Diversity of shopping opportunities which will reduce
required travel distances for a community
- Open public hearings during local decision-making process
The following links provide examples of both positive and
negative growth management policies.
- Favorable Growth Management Policies
- Unfavorable Growth Management Policies
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