The city of Palos Verdes, California, southwest of Los Angeles, has 13,000 inhabitants, the eighth highest per-capita income of any city in the US. It is in process of embarking, now, on a way of finding a communally agreed-upon method of both allowing and restricting new development in such a way that the community's values are maintained and extended. |
THE CITY'S HOUSE-BUILDING AND REVIEWING PROCESS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philosophyclick to seeWhat houses must do for the community
Diagnosisclick to seeProcess, users, format
Protection of natural land and landscapeclick to seeMaps
Protection of natural land and landscapeclick to seeProcesses
Pattern Languages and Sequencesclick to seeProcess of Creation by Users
Pattern Languages and Sequencesclick to seeUse in planning and zoning
Building design, review, & constructionclick to seeProcess of review
Roads and parkingclick to seeCriteria and implementation
Neighborhoodsclick to seeSpecial conditions in component neighborhoods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||