the US Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a local zoning ordinance that was not reasonably tied to a valid public purpose under the police power.
Nectow v. City of Cambridge 1928
Planned community inspired by Howard's Garden City concept and designed by Stein and Wright. A forerunner of the New Deal's Greenbelt towns.
Radburn, New Jersey 1928
the US Supreme Court upheld a municipal regulation that governed the placement of land uses.
Hadacheck v. Sebastian 1915
Wisconsin law authorized county boards "to regulate, restrict and determine the areas within which agriculture, forestry and recreation may be conducted."
First instance of rural zoning 1929
Published by Frederick Winslow Taylor. fountainhead of the efficiency movements in this country, including efficiency in city government.
The Principles of Scientific Management 1911
The first decision to hold that a land use restriction constituted a taking. The S.C. noted property may be regulated to a certain extent. if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking. acknowledges the principle of a regulatory taking.
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon. 1922
The legislative basis for the revision of city codes that outlawed tenements such as the "Dumbbell Tenement." Lawrence Veiller was the leading reformer.
New York State Tenement House Law 1901
Issued by U.S. Department of Commerce under Secretary Herbert Hoover
Standard State Zoning Enabling Act. 1924
1st law to institute fed prot for preserving archaeological sites. Provided Nat Monument designation for areas already in the public domain that contained hist landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and objects of historic or scientific interest
Antiquities Act of 1906
Constitutionality of zoning upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Case argued by Alfred Bettman.)
