Results for keyword: zoning
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Unfinished zombie housing developments haunt the rural West
Lack of planning rules and the housing bubble led to dead subdivisions plaguing the West, especially in Teton County, Idaho, where locals are trying to deal with the impacts of the real estate bust, yet still arguing if planning even works.
by Allen Best, Mar 12, 2012 -
The paradox of the housing boom and bust
Outside Delta, Colo sits yet another rural subdivision that was never completed -- a sign of the West's housing bust and of the difficulty of regulating rural growth.
by Paul Larmer, Mar 04, 2012 -
Energy succeeds where housing developers can't
As the West's housing boom fades, natural resource extraction surges, and a defunct housing development on the east side of Colorado Springs, Colo., may soon face drilling by Ultra Petroleum.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 13, 2011 -
What it took to win one small victory
The small community of Conway, Wash., successfully fought off a cell-phone tower, but paid a high price for victory.
by Ken Winkes, May 06, 2010 -
To fight fire, fight forest development
The only way to bring firefighting costs under control is to discourage the stupid practice of building houses right next to fire-prone Western forests.
by Ray Rasker , May 01, 2009 -
Heard Around the West
Karen Claver delivers the mail in remote, rural northern Montana; The Duane B. Hagadone Heliport Blues; neighbor vs. neighbor over Arizona “pop-ups”; and New York’s famous Moondance Diner moves to Wyoming, blizzards and all.
by Betsy Marston, Mar 03, 2008 -
Growth unfettered
Arizonans are grappling with the consequences of Proposition 207, an anti-takings measure passed last fall.
by Daniel Kraker, Nov 26, 2007 -
Nobody likes regulation, but look where we’re moving
Tom Arrandale says Americans are getting sick and tired of paying to save houses from forest fires when those houses are built – and rebuilt – right next to forests in fire-prone areas.
by Tom Arrandale, Oct 01, 2007 -
Unpaved with good intentions
A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming.
by Seth Zuckerman, Sep 18, 2006 -
'I call (regulations) land stealing ...'
Dorothy English weighs in on the pros – and cons – of Oregon’s Measure 37
by Ray Ring, Jul 24, 2006
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