John,

When's the last time you dug into your town's zoning code?

If the answer is "never," that's okay. (If the answer is, "I'm in that thing every day," that's okay too.) Because even without seeing your local regulations, we can make a safe guess about them: there's probably more than a few rules in there that are making your city weaker.

Maybe it's an obscure landscaping regulation that every single applicant gets a variance on. Maybe it's a mandatory parking minimum that almost never gets a variance—and because of it, your community is giving up way too much valuable land you really can't afford not to put to more financially productive use.

Whatever they are: how do you get rid of the bad zoning laws and build a code that will help make your town strong? And more importantly: where on earth do you start?

Today, we're brining you the story of one city who are on their way to changing the rules in their place.

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But what's most interesting is how they're doing it—incrementally, gradually, and in a way any community would be wise to pay attention to.

Take a trip with us to South Bend, Indiana. And then let us know: if you could change just one law in your city's zoning code today, what would it be?

-Kea and the rest of the Strong Towns Team.



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