city planning
noun
: the drawing up of an organized arrangement (as of streets, parks, and business and residential areas) of a city
city planner
noun
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The Capitol Region Watershed District, the city’s Department of Safety and Inspections and city planning staff have offered their approvals.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
Approximately one-third of the haunted will be available for the community to view 24 hours a day, according to city planning documents.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Any new projects would need to undergo city planning review.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Ehlers, a former city planning commissioner, said the Planning Commission has been requiring housing developers for several years to use native plants in about 50 percent of their landscaping.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
The eye-catching proposal, which was formally submitted to city planning authorities this week, will transform a two-acre site on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into a 22-story entertainment industry workplace dubbed The Star.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Even though the new zoning has been approved, individual projects are still subject to city planning approval.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
While there was no single cause of the event’s downfall, the doc shows how violence, overcrowding, city planning and security concerns surrounding the 1996 Olympics and Atlanta’s tourism all contributed.
—Janee Bolden, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
That month, Durrant and his neighbors, all sporting red shirts, pressed zoning commissioners to signal disapproval of the plan, one that city planning staff had originally supported.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
Approximately one-third of the haunted will be available for the community to view 24 hours a day, according to city planning documents.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Any new projects would need to undergo city planning review.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Ehlers, a former city planning commissioner, said the Planning Commission has been requiring housing developers for several years to use native plants in about 50 percent of their landscaping.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
The eye-catching proposal, which was formally submitted to city planning authorities this week, will transform a two-acre site on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into a 22-story entertainment industry workplace dubbed The Star.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Even though the new zoning has been approved, individual projects are still subject to city planning approval.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
While there was no single cause of the event’s downfall, the doc shows how violence, overcrowding, city planning and security concerns surrounding the 1996 Olympics and Atlanta’s tourism all contributed.
—Janee Bolden, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
That month, Durrant and his neighbors, all sporting red shirts, pressed zoning commissioners to signal disapproval of the plan, one that city planning staff had originally supported.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
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“City planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20planning. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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