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Regulations/Legisla.
Emergence of Regulations and Enabling Legislation (1920s)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1909 | The US Supreme Court upholds municipal regulation of building heights in the case Welch v. Swasey. This validated the use of construction standards to uphold public safety. |
| 1922 | Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon. First decision to hold that a land use restriction = a taking. The Supreme Court noted "property may be regulated to a certain extent, but if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking" = "regulatory taking" |
| 1922 | Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission created. First of its kind in the US. Hugh Pomeroy was head of staff. |
| 1921 | New Orleans designates the Vieux Carre Commission, the first historic preservation commission in the US. (Conservation and Env) |
| 1924 | US Department of Commerce under Secretary Herbert Hoover issues a Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (Landmark Laws) |
| 1924-1928 | Sunnyside Gardens, a planned neighborhood designed by Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, is built by City Housing Corporation under Alexander Bing in Queens, NY. (Planned Communities) |
| 1925 | Publication of "Regional Plan" issue of Survey Graphic, influential essays on regional planning by Lewis Mumford and other members of the Regional Planning Association of America. |
| 1925 | Cincinnati, Ohio, becomes first major American city to officially endorse a comprehensive plan (Alfred Bettman, Ladislas Segoe). |
| 1925 | Ernest Burgess's "Concentric Zone" model of urban structure and land use is published. |
| 1925 | In April, The American City Planning Institute and The National Conference on City Planning published Vol. 1, No.1 of "City Planning", ancestor of present-day Journal of the American Planning Association. |
| 1926 | Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty. Constitutionality of zoning upheld by the US Supreme Court - case argued by Alfred Bettman |
| 1928 | US Dept. of Commerce under Secretary Herbert Hoover issues a Standard city Planning Enabling Act. |
| 1928 | Robert Murray Haig's monograph "Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement" is published in Vol. 1 of The Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs. Viewed land use as a function of accessibility. |
| 1928 | In Nectow v. City of Cambridge, the US Supreme Court ruled that a local zoning ordinance can be considered unconstitutional, and be struck down, if it is not tied to a valid public purpose under the police power. |
| 1928 | Construction of Radburn, New Jersey began. Planned community inspired by Howard's Garden City concept and designed by Stein and Wright. A forerunner of the New Deal's Greenbelt towns (Planned Communities) |
| 1929 | Wisconsin law, first instance of rural zoning, authorized county boards "to regulate restrict and determine the areas within which agriculture, forestry and recreation may be conducted." |
| 1929 | Stock market crash in October ushers in Great Depression and fosters ideas of public planning on a national scale. |
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