10.2190/K36D-17CV-EV6M-NJBK K36D17CVEV6MNJBK 1 The Renaissance in Land Use And its Role in the Solution Of Environmental Problems 171 187 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 K36D17CVEV6MNJBK.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=K36D17CVEV6MNJBK 3 James E. Frank Urban and Regional Planning, The Florida State University The purpose of this paper is to summarize the recent actions taken by state legislatures, land use law revision study groups, and a number of key individuals in the area of land use law and planning and then to relate their implications for environmental systems planning and regulation. The review begins with a succinct summary of our current system of land use control and its primary deficiencies. Recent actions leading to wholesale revision of this framework are then described in terms of two major categories: 1) the direct entry of states into land development planning and control, and 2) state statutory revision of the legal framework within which local planning and land use controls operate. Finally, the implications of these two areas of change for environmental systems are identified. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Company 272 U. S. 366 (1926). U. S. Department of Commerce, <i>A Standard State Zoning Enabling Act</i>, Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1926 and U. S. Department of Commerce, <i>A Standard City Planning Enabling Act</i>, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928. Footnote 22 of the <i>Standard Zoning Act</i>, referring to the provisions that regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan, states, "This will prevent haphazard or piecemeal zoning. No zoning should be done without a comprehensive study." Kozesnik v. Township of Montgomery, 24 N. J. 154, 1959. Ruth Golden v. Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo, 30 N. Y. 2d. 359, 1972. Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 205. Colorado Revised Statutes, Chapter 106-2. Senate Bill 10, 1969. Massachusetts Statutes, Chapter 774, Section 1-2. Title 7, Chapter 70. Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 33. Vermont Statutes, Chapter 151. Massachusetts Statutes, Chapter 130, Section 27A and Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 614-85 88. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Act. Florida Environmental Land and Water Management Act, 1971. American Law Institute, <i>A Model Land Development Code</i>, Tentative Draft No. 1, Philadelphia: The Author, 1968. Followed by drafts numbered 2, 3, and 4 in 1970, 1972, and 1973, respectively. American Society of Planning Officials, <i>New Directions in Connecticut Planning Legislation</i>, The Author, Chicago, 1967. National Commission on Urban Problems, <i>Building the American City</i>, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1968. A proposed <i>Land Use Planning and Development Law</i> drafted by a committee composed of Sidney Willis, Fred Stickel, III, Esq., Harry E. Bernstein, Esq., Stewart Hutt, Esq., Walt Whitman, Esq., Harry Maslow, A. I. A. and James Jaeger, Esq. for submission to the 1969 legislature. Jan Krasnowiecki, <i>Model Land Use and Development Planning Code</i>, prepared for the Maryland Planning and Zoning Law Study Commission, 1969. David G. Heeter, <i>Toward a More Effective Land Use Guidance System</i>, American Society of Planning Officials, Chicago, 1969. New York State Planning Law Revision Study, <i>Study Summary and Legislative Proposals</i>, Albany: The Author, 1970 and American Society of Planning Officials, <i>Land Use Controls Annual</i>, The Author, Chicago, 1971. American Society of Planning Officials, <i>Zoning Digest</i>, Vol. 24, Issue 2, p. 55, 1972. Golden v. Ramapo. <i>Ibid.</i>