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Stuart Meck

Stuart Meck, FAICP/PP
Associate Research Professor and Director, Center for Planning Practice
B.A. and M.A. in Journalism and Master of City Planning, The Ohio State University; M.B.A., Wright State University

 

Contact Information

Civic Square Building, room 247

Phone: (848) 932-2749

Fax: (732) 932-3586

Email: stumeck@rutgers.edu

 

Research Interests

  • Land use law
  • Planning statute reform
  • State growth management
  • Affordable housing
  • Planning and zoning administration
  • Impact analysis
  • Public administration and finance
  • Comprehensive planning

 

Publications (2002-present) (partial list)

 

Monographs, Articles, and Papers

 

Presentations

  • “How States Administer Smart Growth Laws: Some Approaches for Iowa,” webinar for State of Iowa Smart Planning Task Force, August 10, 2010 [link to presentation]

  • With Michele Donato and Eric Damian Kelly, “Updating Your Zoning and Subdivision Code,” New Jersey State League of Municipalities Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, November 17, 2009 [link to file]

  • With Marya Morris, U.S. Virgin Islands Zoning and Subdivision Code Assessment, August 5-7, 2009, U.S.V.I. [link to file]

  • “Social Equity for Planning Commissioners:  An Introduction,” American Planning Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 30, 2008 [link to file]

  • “Zoning and Anti-Semitism in the 1920s: The Case of Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home v. Village of University Heights and Its Aftermath,” Bloustein School, February 5, 2008 [link to file]

  • With Stuart Koenig and Dwight Merriam, “McMansions and Teardowns:  What’s Causing It and What to Do About It,”  New Jersey State League of Municipalities Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, November 13, 2007 [link to file]

  • With Michele LeFaivre, “The Zoning Hearing Examiner Examined,” Professional Development Institute Learning Lab, Bloustein School, October 23, 2007 [link to file]

  • “Federal Studies on Affordable Housing and Regulatory Barriers:  An Overview,” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Workforce Housing Conference, Louisville, KY, June 20, 2007 [link to file]

  • With Rebecca Retzlaff, “Reconstructing Golden v. Town of Ramapo:  The Real Story Behind the First Major Growth Management Plan in the U.S.,” Bloustein School, March 2, 2007 [link to file]

  • “A Brief History of Zoning and Development Regulations in the U.S., “ Bloustein School, November 1, 2006 [link to file]

  • “Curbing Eminent Domain in Ohio:  City of Norwood v. Horney,”  New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association Conference, November 3, 2006 [link to file]

  • “Do State Planning Laws Really Matter or Must We Lower Our Expectations?” Bloustein School, March 16, 2006 [link to file]

 

Profile

Stuart Meck is an associate research professor and director of the planning practice program in the Bloustein School.  Prior to his faculty appointment, he was director of the Center for Government Services (CGS), which was formerly part of the Bloustein School and served as the School’s training, research, and technical assistance unit. A specialist in planning statute reform and land use controls, Meck is a former national president of the American Planning Association, has 38 years of experience as a professional planner, researcher, and municipal administrator, and has written widely on planning and land use controls. His two major works are the Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change, 2002 edition (American Planning Association, 2002), for which he served as principal investigator and general editor; and, with Kenneth Pearlman, Ohio Planning and Zoning Law, 15th edition (Thomson-West 2010). Meck is also a coeditor, with Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of the Washington University School of Law and several other attorneys and law professors, of Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials, 8th Edition (Lexis/Nexis, forthcoming in 2010).  He has done consulting work for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Czech Republic, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hillsborough County, Florida, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, among others.  He has also provided technical assistance to a number of New Jersey municipalities. Meck is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP), a licensed Professional Planner (PP) in New Jersey, and a registered Professional Community Planner (PCP) in Michigan.  Meck holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Journalism and a Master of City Planning from the Ohio State University, and an M.B.A. from Wright State University.  Meck is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Goucher College Master of Historic Preservation program.

 

Complete Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)

List of Publications