Chapter 19 Flashcards
What is Laissez Faire?
It means to let things be
What is the Growth Management Act?
It is Florida’s land use program
The goals of planning and zoning are:
- Savings of tax money by preventing urban sprawl,
adequate provisions of services such as fire, police and libraries, - Providing for road right-of-ways and setbacks,
protection against costly drainage, flooding or environmental problems, - Protection for the public from harm in substandard building,
- Reduction in political and equity problems in landfills, prisons etc.,
- Reduction in cost for major catastrophes such as earthquakes, tornados and fire.
What is Police Power?
is the right of state and local governments tointervene on behalf of the public’s safety and protection as may be needed with private property.
Example of Police Powers are:
- Planning
- Zoning
- Codes that regulate building construction
- Subdivision regulations
- Environmental protection legislation
What is the purpose of the Growth Management Act?
encourages compact development and limit urban sprawl
Growth Management Act has two major provisions:
- All local comprehensive plans put land into zones; and
- Infrastructure (such as city streets, water services, fire services and sewer management) will be in place concurrently with land development.
What does the concurrent provision means within the Growth Management Act?
It means that planning has to be done before development occurs.
This will insure citizens will have proper police inspection and fire protection for their homes.
In addition the Growth Management Act provisions
that each city and county must establish a local planning agency, made up of local citizens with no professional training in planning.
Elements needed under growth management as far as planning in the surrounding areas:
future land use traffic circulation water, sanitary and storm sewers, and solid waste conservation of natural resources recreation housing coastal zone protection, where relevant intergovernmental coordination utilities
What is zoning?
Falls under police power and the purpose is to promote public health, health and general welfare
There are five categories of zoning:
Residential Commercial Industrial Agricultural Special use
Exceptions to common zoning are allowed under three common options
Variance - It is granted when a property owner has a current area need that falls outside of existing requirements
A non-conforming use - once allowed under a previous zoning law, but zoning changed and the property use did not.
A special exception - driving 19 miles for a glass of milk so permission is requested to use residential space for commercial purposes
Zoning is used to control density via three alternatives
Lot size - how many acres can be used in a plat of ground. Usually the minimum is 4 homes per acre but can go much higher
Set Back - these are minimum distances between the lot line and the building line. These restrictions are sometimes by city zoning and sometimes by subdivision covenants.
Lot Coverage - this is usually expressed in a ratio. For example, a one to two ratio where the property must be two times the size of the house. This prevents over-crowding on the lots, reduces the density and thus restricts growth. This ratio is called floor area ratio.
Buffer Zones
Shelters residential zones from malls and other commercial institutions
