city planning
noun
: the drawing up of an organized arrangement (as of streets, parks, and business and residential areas) of a city
city planner
noun
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Hopkins said the owner of the building, as well as the renter, are on scene working with city planning and dangerous buildings officials to secure the structure.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
Mayor Bruce Ehlers, a former city planning commissioner, said the Rite Aid, which was located on Manchester Avenue and has since closed, gained its alcohol sales permission under an old interpretation of city zoning regulations.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Think crisis simulations in disaster response or smart city planning—these models can fill in data gaps and model probable futures.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
That, noted city planning director David Snow, is the problem with yet another controversial new housing-development measure, the state’s Live Local law, which supersedes local height and density controls in the name of promoting construction of middle-class workforce housing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
Mayor Bruce Ehlers, a former city planning commissioner, said the Rite Aid, which was located on Manchester Avenue and has since closed, gained its alcohol sales permission under an old interpretation of city zoning regulations.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Think crisis simulations in disaster response or smart city planning—these models can fill in data gaps and model probable futures.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
That, noted city planning director David Snow, is the problem with yet another controversial new housing-development measure, the state’s Live Local law, which supersedes local height and density controls in the name of promoting construction of middle-class workforce housing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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“City planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20planning. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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