Live entertainment at restaurant and nightclub approved for Blue Hill Avenue over objections of nearby residents
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/live-entertainment-restaurant-and-nightclub-approved-blue-hill-avenue
#Boston #Dorchester #zoning

Restaurant owner turned developer wins OK for new apartment building with a restaurant in South #Boston, but says he'll leave the food to somebody else
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/restaurant-owner-turned-developer-wins-ok-new-apartment-building
#zoning #housing

12 affordable condos approved for Wales Street in #Dorchester
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/12-affordable-condos-approved-wales-street-dorchester
#Boston #housing #zoning

Board approves permanent use of former Jamaica Plain hotel as a homeless shelter
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/board-approves-permanent-use-former-jamaica-plain-hotel-homeless
#Boston #homelessness #zoning

New affordable condos, public park and community garden approved for Mission Hill
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/new-affordable-condos-public-park-and-community-garden-approved
#Boston #housing #zoning

PhD Research Zoned Heat Pump Modelling - Modelling home heat pump systems with zoning/TRVs. #PhD #zoning #heatPump #research - https://www.earth.org.uk/PhD-research-zoned-heat-pump-CS1.html

PhD Research Zoned Heat Pump Modelling - Modelling home heat pump systems with zoning/TRVs. #PhD #zoning #heatPump #research - https://www.earth.org.uk/PhD-research-zoned-heat-pump-CS1.html

A Former Office Tower Goes Big for Residents

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/realestate/office-tower-to-residential-building-conversion-soma.html

PhD Research Zoned Heat Pump Modelling - Modelling home heat pump systems with zoning/TRVs. #PhD #zoning #heatPump #research - https://www.earth.org.uk/PhD-research-zoned-heat-pump-CS1.html

Political movements succeed when interests that usually oppose one another find common purpose in the movement’s aims … often for completely different reasons. Could we be seeing this in state legislative efforts to reform #zoning? This has usually been a Democratic cause, but now Republicans are turning against what they call “snob zoning.” https://www.governing.com/urban/new-hampshire-republicans-crusade-against-snob-zoning

Judge says Texas developer can carve apartment complex out of American Legion Highway hillside, but with fewer units than in the plans the BPDA kept rejecting
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-says-texas-developer-can-carve-apartment-complex-out-american
#Boston #HydePark #Roslindale #zoning #housing

Some interesting information here from #SeanTubbs on the current roster of development projects recently reviewed in #cville under the new #zoning rules. One major lesson of this effort is that zoning is not the only barrier to affordable #housing , but those other barriers become clear when more affordable homes are permitted. https://infocville.com/2025/04/20/a-status-update-on-charlottesvilles-development-code/

https://c-ville.com/another-preliminary-ruling-from-judge-worrell-allows-lawsuit-against-charlottesvilles-zoning-code-to-proceed/ “Worrell overruled the city’s motion to dismiss the case and ordered Derdeyn to write up a motion seeking a summary judgment. That means the next hearing won’t be heard for a couple of months at least.” #cville #zoning #housing #inflation #shortage #litigation

Zoning reforms can unlock urban economic potential. Cities must eliminate outdated regulations blocking business growth and housing development. Strategic, incremental changes create opportunities for sustainable community development. #urbandevelopment #zoning

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/15/mecklenburg-county-blocks-future-large-scale-solar-development/ “between 2020 and 2024, the number of project applications denied by local officials across the commonwealth has increased, while project approvals have declined” #Virginia #solar #climate #inflation #zoning

Saint John considers new restriction on where scrapyards can go
Saint John scrapyards and salvage recyclers would be restricted to "heavy industrial" zones under a proposed zoning bylaws amendment.
#scrapyard #zoning #recycling #restriction #SaintJohn #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-zoning-amendment-scrap-salvage-yards-1.7511381?cmp=rss

Palmdale property owner alleges $1M loss from undisclosed zoning change, raising questions about municipal transparency and property rights. Legal experts examine potential inverse condemnation claim. #Zoning #PropertyRights

https://www.thedowneypatriot.com/articles/rep-garcia-reintroduces-people-over-parking-act-to-address-housing-shortage-promote-walkable-communities “We shouldn’t be paving parking lots where homes, stores, and restaurants should be” #zoning #housing #inflation #ParkingReform #USPolitics

https://people.com/jon-bon-jovi-clashes-with-new-jersey-mayor-over-soul-kitchen-restaurant-11712859 “If we could put a roof over someone's head or put food in their belly, it's quite simple: We don't need a scientist to find the cure” #BonJovi #charity #zoning #homelessness

We get a lot of questions about #zoning in the suburbs of Ottawa, so we have gathered some answers to common questions about zoning changes in one place. #ottawa #urbanism #suburbs

https://cgow.ca/city-zoning-faq-neighbourhood-change