Successful residential infill is an important development model that benefits a
community through reinvestment in older neighborhoods, retention of open space, and
improved quality of life. However, local governments around the country are contending
with problems created by infill homes that are incompatible with the existing
neighborhood. This out-of-context development threatens the character of many older
neighborhoods and often causes strong resident opposition to any new construction, to
the point that some governments have imposed building moratoria to block all projects.
Contextual infill standards and neighborhood conservation overlays are two regulatory
tools that jurisdictions can use to guide infill construction that protect community
character and reduce neighborhood opposition. In this report, the author provides a
survey of how communities currently use these approaches and provides an assessment of
their success at promoting compatible development in different infill scenarios. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22360 |
| Date | 21 November 2013 |
| Creators | Eldridge, Roswell, active 2006 |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works., Restricted |
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