call to order grab a post-it note and place it where you live on the map
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Call to OrderGrab a post-it note and place it where you live
on the map
Today’s Objectives
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of urban development and Smart Growth by
Completing a graphic organizer Examining motivations for Smart Growth Reimagining a neighborhood by creating
their own city plan Completing an HSA aligned exit ticket
How do we try to make cities livable?
One major way is by zoning properties.
Zoning laws are regulations that state
where homes and businesses can be located
Zoning is a powerful tool that can be used to control reckless use of land and
encourage growth
Residential:Places where people live. Not designed for high traffic.
Row homes Houses Apartment buildings Nursing Homes
Types of Zoning Areas
CommercialProperty that is used for businesses.
McDonalds 7/11 Best Buy Safeway
Types of Zoning Areas
IndustrialFactories, warehouses, placed that tend to be noisy and busy.
Domino Sugar Baltimore Docks Utz Factory
Types of Zoning Areas
Identify which Zoning Area this is:
Starbucks wants to
open up a new store.
COMMERCIA
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Identify which Zoning Area this is:
Much of Baltimore is row homes.
Residential
Identify which Zoning Area this is:
This movie theatre is in Harbor East
COMMERCIAL
Identify which Zoning Area this is:
Every city
needs a water
treatment plant
Industrial
Identify which Zoning Area this is:
The famous American
poet, Edgar Allen Poe lived here.
Residential
Identify which Zoning Area this is:
Boy, I bet these
machines are noisy.
Industrial
A cities and suburbs have grown, the countryside has gotten smaller
This is bad because land is not being used as effectively as it could be.
Video of Trip to Towson
Wouldn’t it be great if we could turn this trend around?
One way to do this is to get more out of land we’re already using.
Economic development
Zoning is useful in economic development
Mayor Rawlings-Blake is proposing that blocks of vacant property be re-zoned from residential to commercial.
What are some advantages ?
What are some disadvantages?