An Introduction to Design Guidelines
2001
By: Planning Commissioners Journal
http://plannersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/01/157.pdf
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This five-page article from the Planning Commissioners Journal summarizes the importance of design guidelines. It discusses how design guidelines fit into the local government framework, lists four key features of design guidelines, and explores the tensions between strict prescriptive and flexible descriptive approaches.