ABSTRACT
In this chapter on implementing the comprehensive plan, we travel further into the realm of change necessitated by the problems we are facing with current methods of land use control. We look at some of the major issues with zoning ordinances, which are considered a primary tool for the implementation of plans, and then proposed alternatives for the regulation of how land is used. All this is based on the assumption that community planning, done in a way that mirrors nature’s inviolable, biophysical principles, will result in less-not more-need for regulation. This is not to say that regulations will cease to exist, only that communities can provide incentives, or simply the opportunity for education, to help achieve the same goals as those justifying the existence of land use laws and regulations.
