How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

A Smart Growth Network Webinar

Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 1:00pm EDT
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In cities such as Minneapolis, MN, Fayetteville, NC, and Hartford, CT, key pillars of traditional zoning are being challenged with apartment bans being removed, minimum lot sizes dropping, and off-street parking requirements disappearing altogether. Planner M. Nolan Gray argues that America needs to move beyond zoning to create more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable communities.

Gray, the author of Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It, joined the Smart Growth Network to look at local efforts to reform zoning and explains how land-use regulation might work in a post-zoning America.

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M. Nolan Gray

M. Nolan Gray is a professional city planner and an expert in urban land-use regulation. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gray previously worked on the front lines of zoning as a planner in New York City. He now serves as an Affiliated Scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he advises state and local policymakers on land-use policy.