City considers possible impact of refinery Sep 3, 2008
City planner Paul Barnes gave a report on the citywide design manual, which is a project arising out of the Comprehensive Plan approved in 2005 ... Barnes said the design manual will create a framework for historic preservation, promote attractive and accessible commercial spaces, develop consistent design standards, propose that public art be displayed throughout the city and not just downtown and incorporate "green" design standards into community planning. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Task force named to revise Catskill town subdivision law Aug 29, 2008
Hart suggested a compendium of highway specifications, supplemental to the law, which will serve as a highway design manual ... Though the immediate need is for a highway design manual, it may serve as a prologue and model as the community grows for future design standard manuals ... The next meeting will look closely at highway specifications and packaging together a highway design manual, which may work together with providing clarity to the definitions within the law. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Ashford development close to a reality Aug 19, 2008
Planners found little with which to argue, suggesting only that more detail be included in the Ashford design manual, which will ultimately be adopted as the governing design standard. Of some concern were requests to exclude man-made slopes from slope-disturbance calculations and to permit four dead-end streets. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Twin Towns looking at historic revitalization of downtowns Aug 8, 2008
The intent of the design manual is to give the cities and property owners ideas and a direction to go in restoring downtown when they choose ... Through the design manual, Zahn recommends to those considering the rehabilitation project to take it in phases. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Manuals will guide growth in Tucson neighborhoods Jun 19, 2008
(AP) -- A neighborhood near the University of Arizona is becoming the first in the area to prepare a design manual to guide future development ... Karolyn Kendrick, who moved to her brick Craftsman home in the Feldman Neighborhood in 1990, said neighbors hope the design manual that's adopted will have some teeth ... The need for "densification" along transit corridors in the city was Mayor Bob Walkup's concern when the City Council voted to allow neighborhoods, beginning with Feldman's and... (FOX 11, AZ)
Rules of the road are for everyone Jun 19, 2008
BobBayn wrote on Jun 18, 2008 10:41 PM:" There should be a bunch of "bike route" and "share the road" signs scattered around the valley before summers end. We wanted to get on-pavement "sharrows" but they are not quite yet approved in the Manual of uniform traffic control devices (MUTCD) for installation with federal funds. Local municipalities can install them if they conform to their local design manual. Some cities around the country are very willing to create new things in their design... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Globe Gazette facade to be removed by mid-May May 10, 2008
has qualified, said Economic Development Director Jane Priebe, and once the project has been completed the city's architect, working on a downtown design for Dakota Avenue, can be closer to completing a design manual. Services. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Kia's Sportage is the real deal May 8, 2008
Taking a giant leaf from the design manual of the Japanese, circa 30 years ago, the Korean manufacturers are, after a few stumbles, producing highly competitive cars that manage to not only stay bolted and welded together but speak a confidence bold enough to allow unheard-of warranty periods of up to 10 years and 100,000 miles for power train. The Sportage, true to that vein, is a tight little econo-SUV. The interior of our Sportage was done up in a clean-looking black leather. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Urban design unveiled Apr 9, 2008
There is also proposed amendments to the land-use bylaw, a plan for the Barrington Street Conservation District and a 136-page design manual. It is intended to pave the way for similar plans for the remainder of the regional centre meaning the peninsula and Dartmouth within the Circumferential Highway. (Metro Canada - Halifax)
Residents Fight To Stop Overdevelopment Feb 21, 2008
Concerning the town code and the absence of design standards, Lanza said the section on residential site plans currently refers builders to a "design manual," which doesn't exist. Addressing the town board, Schwartz said officials should set their sights on creating a design manual so that future problems can be avoided. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)
HGTV Design Star Season Three Kicks off Competition with Online Vote Feb 14, 2008
Vern -- whose HGTV series, Deserving Design, airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT -- also has his own line of top-quality products and has authored his own design manual, Designing Spaces (Regan Books/Harper Collins, New York). Cynthia Rowley is a highly-acclaimed international designer whose collection includes women's wear, shoes, handbags, eyewear, belts, dishes, baby wear, leg wear, color cosmetics and a signature fragrance. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Solving Brisco's congestion Dec 17, 2007
Arroyo Grande's preferred solution for traffic congestion at the heavily used intersection of Brisco Road and Highway 101 is likely to pit the city against Caltrans over plans that don't fit the state agency's design manual ... In fact, the city's preferred option involves a number of designs that violate Caltrans' Highway Design Manual, and city officials and consultants believe the state agency won't support them ... Ferrara said other cities throughout the state including Paso Robles and... (Santa Maria Times)
Councilmember raises parking space issues Nov 28, 2007
Parking in front of Changes Salon near the crosswalk to the post office should be restricted due to sight distance problems, Sands contends, and the DOT design manual supports his view. For a street with a speed limit of 35 mph, standards call for a sight distance of 386 feet for traffic coming from the right and 344 feet from the left. (Grand Coulee Star, WA)
Downtown revitalization continues in Twin Towns Jul 18, 2007
The project would include hiring an architect to produce a design manual for all property owners in the downtowns to maintain the historic districts. "This is an important initial step to start redoing downtown," Alderman Alisa Mitskog said. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Glendale designer creates kits for hybrid vehicle Mar 29, 2007
Riley said he anticipates selling the XR-3 design manual for about $200, although the price is not finalized ... Quincy-Lynn sold about 7,000 design manuals for the car for about $15 each through the former Mechanix Illustrated magazine. (AZCentral -- Business)
Suzuki XL7 crossover is a winner Dec 22, 2006
The roof is from the page of the design manual a page that should be torn out and shredded that says it's fine to just plop down the roof. Never mind integrating the rear roof pillar into the body. (USA Today -- Autos)
Road designation has some residents worried Dec 10, 2006
r A resolution to adopt the Pinal County Subdivision and Infrastructure Design Manual. r Adoption of the Regulate Minor Land Divisions ordinance. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Racetrack foes find fodder in DEC order Nov 22, 2006
A stop work order signed by DEC Regional Water Engineer Fred Sievers calls for "an immediate stop to all construction activities at the site except efforts taken to stabilize any exposed soils and/or prevent water quality standard violations." At previous public meetings, according to the Granger Group press release: "It had been represented to the zoning board and also the Town Board that [Mr.] Wilzig had already obtained all necessary permits from [the] DEC, claims contradicted by the new... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Pinal board refuses helpfor Griffis in state case Nov 10, 2006
A work session was held in which the county's planning staff, led by Assistant County Manager Ken Buchanan, outlined the final version of the Pinal County Subdivision Regulations and Infrastructure and Design Manual. Buchanan advised that the entire document would be posted on the Pinal County Development Services Web site and brought back to the board for final approval on Dec. 6. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
New building codes coming for Calcasieu Parish Oct 17, 2006
Apparently, because we live in a hurricane prone area, a wind line code requires builders to use one of four manuals to determine wind codes for new construction, a Wood and Frame Construction Manual, Institute for Business Manual, Design ASE7, and a steel design manual. Wind requirements are mandatory south of Hwy 108 right now. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
Two financing options proposed for the town Jul 20, 2006
According to the program design manual, the DEQ ranks the project according to the project type and environmental need, the use of innovative technology, the locality's fiscal stress, the project's schedule-to-proceed to construction, previous compliance history, severity of pollution and impacts on impaired waters, and other economic and environmental factors. Projects proposed for construction should clearly demonstrate that they will solve existing pollution problems or prevent future... (Centreville Times, VA)
Driving toward resolution? May 19, 2006
That task force suggested that officials create a design manual and implement zoning regulations that would encourage the construction of restaurants, small businesses and offices along Route 40, said Beltram, who also served on the County Council from 1986 to 1990. O'Connor said he did not know of Beltram's complaints. (Howard County Times, MD)
In development post, it wasn't easy being green Feb 25, 2006
The big-bang theatrics of his private-sector tenure are a far cry from his experience in the Romney administration, where his successes emerged from quiet tinkering with complex bureaucratic systems: steering state spending to communities with zoning that conserves natural resources and creating a highway design manual, what he calls the ''bible of road design" and a ''revolutionary change" for communities ... A new highway design manual gives communities more flexibility in shaping their... (Boston Globe)
