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Nov 25, 2020 · Using data from the Harris County Appraisal District, Gray and Millsap reveal that the reforms unleashed a housing boom among residential parcels between 1,400 and 5,000 square feet. Comparing new development in 1997 to the peak building year in 2005, Gray and Millsap show that building activity rose more than 300 percent.
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Oct 5, 2020 · Houston’s market city mentality relaxes land-use policies, downplays environmental impacts and conceives of risk as an individual issue, not a collective one. But as the climate warms, the economic and human tolls of catastrophic flooding from increasingly frequent and extreme weather events necessitate a more collective response, one that links urbanization to the imperatives of a safer ...
Here’s how land use is addressed in Houston. The city is rife with plans, strategies, and other efforts to create more walkability, bring new investment into historically underserved communities, and protect the city against future flooding and other hazards.
Jul 15, 2020 · Houston is known for its lack of Euclidean-style zoning, but the city still has various ordinances that control land use. In 1998, Houston reformed its subdivision rules to allow for parcels smaller than five thousand square feet citywide.
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Sep 14, 2023 · One retrospective analysis of Houston’s land-use reform suggests that it was largely made possible by the inclusion of the block-vote provision, which allowed groups of homeowners to opt out of the city’s new rules. 7 This study found that the provision was critical to building consensus for both the initial lot-size reform in 1998 and its expansion in 2013. By including this option, city ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Details. Houston Land Use Web Map. ZONING. Houston is the largest city in the United States without formal zoning regulation but development is governed by codes that address how property can be subdivided. The City codes do not address land use. Web Map by MyCityHouston. Last Modified: July 3, 2024.
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Aug 1, 2020 · This policy brief outlines what researchers know about minimum-lot-size regulation, sketches out Houston’s unique system of urban land use regulation, and draws lessons from Houston’s successful experience with subdivision liberalization. Keywords: housing, zoning law, housing policy, city planning, regulation, housing affordability. undefined.
