"We put in good land-use controls."

Washington State's Legislature passes the nation's most far-reaching "takings" law, weakening essential land-use controls.

The regional planning of open-land growth has yet to be achieved effectively in a nation accustomed to local land-use control.

One tactic, he said, is land-use control.

A rudimentary system of land-use control had been partially developed by the outbreak of war.

The councils have significant land-use control, a voice in guiding development, and they organize residents.

This delay, as much as anything, reveals the present administration's posture toward growth management and land-use control: Nice rhetoric.

The difference between the land prices is the implicit cost of all the local land-use controls, from zoning to the time it takes to get a permit.

Lack of planning, inadequate land-use controls, poor design and unsatisfactory maintenance of our ecological systems are taking a toll on our communities.

The report urges much stronger land-use controls and a much tougher application of current clean-water laws.