Last December, the Fulton County Superior Court declared unconstitutional Atlanta’s street vendor program that allowed a private company to determine who gets to operate a business on public streets. I vehemently defended […]
Update: Atlanta Unveils Its New Street Vendor Ordinance
With Selig Gone, What Do We Really Want in Downtown Athens and How Do We Get It?
The Selig development’s enormous scale, bland appearance and corporate use ignored many people’s goals and desires for downtown Athens. The inability of city officials to slow or prevent approval of the plan […]
Update: California Supreme Court Says GIS Data is Public Data and Must be Disclosed
In an earlier article I urged the California Supreme Court to interpret the California Open Records Act in such as a way as to require local governments to disclose certain GIS data […]
As More Urbanization Occurs, Suburban Atlanta Should Take Notes From Other Regions
Last Saturday Tom Sabulis of the AJC had a great piece on the growth of mixed-use, urban style developments that cater to walking over driving. He points out that most of these […]
Jekyll Island's Pristine Character is in Jeopardy; How Will the Georgia Legislature Respond?
Several months ago the Athens-Banner Herald reported on an issue brought up in an Associated Press article involving the amount of developable land on Jekyll Island. The current state law, created in […]
Want to See the Milky Way and Live in the Eastern Time Zone? Good Luck
Though America’s population has shifted more and more towards the west coast over the past hundred years, the east coast is by far the most populous area of the country. Forty-seven percent […]
UGA Law Land Use and Planning Organization
The UGA School of Law now has an organization devoted to the exploration of land use and local government issues in the Athens/Atlanta/Southeast region. We have a number of great projects planned […]
Government-Mandated Minimum Parking Requirements Hurt Economic Growth and Walkability
Featured in Flagpole Magazine This past July, Kroger presented to the ACC Planning Commission a plan to move their College Station Road location next door to the vacant Kmart space. Kroger wants to […]