The ambiguity of town planning: innovation or re-interpretation?

The paper questions the nature of town planning as a coherent national strategy throughout Britain at the beginning of the 20th century, by analyzing the specific case study of Portsmouth. In 1912, the city unveiled an urban improvement scheme named Curzon Howe Road. This went to replace an industrial working-class residential area that had been classified as unhygienic and dangerous for the general wellbeing of the inhabitants. Having been conceived in 1910 as a direct response to the 1909 Housing and Town Planning Act, Curzon Howe Road can be regarded as being the first example of town planning in Portsmouth. In itself, the notion of town planning is often recognized as a new form of urban intervention aimed at tackling the problems inherited from the industrial revolution. This paper highlights the ambiguity of the term town planning which - to quote John W. Simpson, the president of the RIBA at the time of the prestigious Town Planning Conference of 1910 - “has different meanings in different mouths” (RIBA, 1911, iv). It also discusses how the notion of town planning in the early years of its practice in Portsmouth represents a transitional stage prior to the more design-oriented solutions of the following years. The paper argues that there was no ‘pre-town planning’ vs. ‘post-town planning’ clear-cut distinction in this case study, which can also be observed in diverse locations in Britain. Furthermore, the research shows how in Portsmouth, town planning was interpreted by its instigators as a fusion between the old (i.e. the 19th century Critical Planning practices and rigid ByeLaw standards) and new means of implementing change. Thus, Portsmouth’s Curzon Howe Road represents an example of hybridization, generated by the struggle between forces of permanence and rupture within the context of urban improvement of the early 1900s. In this lies its significance, as it reassesses the true nature of what town planning signified in its formative years for different towns around Britain

THE INFLUENCE OF JURIDICAL REGULATIONS UPON TOURIST TOWN-PLANNING

Urban tourism, if correctly planned, developed and managed, may create advantages and benefits both to urban communities and overall society. By systematically implementing planning based on intelligent management and town-planning regulations complying with the organizing and long-lasting growth requirements of towns, local and national communities, benefits can be maximized, whereas troubles minimized. Town planning should pursue the juridical requirements of the legislation in force, based on a flexible, comprehensive, integrated and ecological approach, being implementable on the principles of keeping the tourist sector’s long life.town planning, town-planning law, town plans, tourist town planning.

Shoreland and Riparian Buffer Regulations for the Town of Raymond PREP Local Grants Program 2008 Final Project Report

In September of 2007, SNHPC applied to PREP’s Local Grant Program seeking $5,000 to help develop local shoreland protection ordinances consistent with the state’s Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act regulations. This project was modeled on similar PREP-supported projects completed in the towns of Candia and Deerfield. The Raymond Conservation Commission served as the primary municipal board involved with this project. PREP funded the project and ensured that it was coordinated with other natural resource planning efforts underway with the town via the Natural Resources Outreach Coalition

From the editor

In a sense we depart from our normal procedures and format in this edition of the journal by focussing on the University of the Orange Free State’s Department of Town and Regional Planning. Accordingly the submissions reflect the scope and interests of graduates and staff of the Planning School and form part of its celebrations on “coming of age”

Zoning Ordinance Town of York, Maine

Supplemental zoning maps attached. Base Zoning Districts Map, 2016 Elderly Housing Overlay District Map, 2015 Farm Enterprise Overlay District Map, 2013 Firearm Discharge Map Map, 2013 Firearms Safety Ordinance Map, 2013 Historic District Village Center-Detail Map, 2003 Historic District Village Center Map, 2016 Historic District York Harbor Map, 2003 Home Occupation Classes Map, 2005 Hospital Overlay District Map, 2018 Lindsay Road Local Historic District Map, 2003 Shoreland Overlay District Northern Section Map, 2008 Shoreland Overlay District Southern Section Map, 2009 Watershed Protection Overlay District Map, 200

Town of Chester Stormwater Management Project

Great Bay Environmental Consulting (GBEC) worked with the Town of Chester Planning Board to improve regulatory approaches to stormwater management. The project was conducted in two phases: Phase I involved an inventory and assessment of existing regulations for their treatment of stormwater management, with recommendations for an approach to improve stormwater management in the town. The Planning Board opted to focus on specific changes to existing subdivision and site planning regulations, so Phase II of the project involved the development of specific recommendations for those regulations