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Zoning’s arbitrary lines

Zoning’s arbitrary lines

On October 25, Nolan Gray of CaliforniaYIMBY addressed an audience at the Kansas City Library on housing and zoning policy as part of the library's Making a Great City speaker series.

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The case against parking maximums

For generations, most American cities have required new businesses or homes to provide off-street parking according to arbitrary formulas. But, like fad dieters dropping a zero-fat regime for a daily pound of bacon, some cities have adopted an opposite but equally arbitrary approach.

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CITY STAFF: The devil’s in the details, and BCP works with city department leaders to ensure you have sound information and policy recommendations. Our free research-memo service can take the legwork out of sorting through today’s most innovative municipal policy ideas.

RESIDENTS AND MEDIA:   We can help you uncover what’s working well for other cities, so you can decide what will work best in yours.

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