Making Main Street Legal Again: The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl

This article will analyze the format of the SmartCode, and, since the SmartCode is only a model code that must be legally customized for local jurisdictions, the article will further explain the legal steps that communities must take in order to implement the SmartCode as a zoning option. While doing so, the article will examine how the strict Euclidean structure of today's conventional zoning codes has necessitated the creation of the SmartCode in order to allow communities to legally utilize traditional town and neighborhood planning techniques