Exam 3 Missed Qs

Question 1

Runoff Coefficient

Answer 1

Dimensionless coefficient for amount of runoff relative to precipitation. Higher for less permeable and steep gradients.

Question 2

To whom do you file misconduct charges against an AICP member?

Answer 2

The Executive Director and Ethics Officer of the APA Chapter

Question 3

Critical inclusion in a zoning ordinance amendment

Answer 3

Legal basis

Question 4

Oregon’s Measure 37

Answer 4

A land owner must be compensated if land regulation results in devaluation of property if they are the owner at the time a regulation was put in place

Question 5

How have US home sizes increased since 1950?

Answer 5

They’ve more than doubled in size

Question 6

Scoping

Answer 6

Required in EIS. Introduces the public to the project and the relevant environmental issues.

Question 7

LBCS

Answer 7

Land-Based Classification Standards. Nine colors for five dimensions: activity, function, structure, type, site development character, and ownership

Question 8

Public Welfare

Answer 8

Concept established in Euclid v. Ambler. Protected by police power and valid reason for zoning

Question 9

Coffee Klatch

Answer 9

Small, informal discussion with a group of people in a private home with light refreshments

Question 10

Future Value Formula

Answer 10

FV = PV(1+r)^t
FV = Future Value
PV = Present Value
r = interest rate (as x/100 fraction)
t = time period

Question 11

Roadway Connectivity Index

Answer 11

Refers to density of connections in a road network and directness of links. High ratio means greater connectivity. Low ratio means worse connectivity and more dead ends.

Question 12

Renewable energy type with most regulations

Answer 12

Wind power. Can include setbacks and allowable zoning district regulations.

Question 13

Communicative Planning

Answer 13

Consensus building and negotiation planning framework. More likely to be used for groups with competing interests

Question 14

Isometric View

Answer 14

3D view of a site plan

Question 15

First Step of Comprehensive Plan Process

Answer 15

Getting authorization from elected officials

Question 16

How many treatments does sewage go through at a treatment plant?

Answer 16

3

Question 17

Jane Addams

Answer 17

1899. Hull House in Chicago

Question 18

Mixed Scanning

Answer 18

Amitai Eziori - Decision-making model for budgets combining long-term and short-term goals (“scanning” for both)

Question 19

Police Power

Answer 19

Power of a government to impose what it considers to be reasonable restrictions on life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness for the purpose of order and safety. This includes building permits.

Question 20

SARAR

Answer 20

Self-esteem, associative strength, resourcefulness, action planning & responsibility. Series of citizen participation techniques designed to be highly visual and get input from low-literacy populations

Question 21

Procedural Due Process

Answer 21

14th Amendment. Provides protection against unfair processes against life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. States require open meetings because of this.

Question 22

Substantive Due Process

Answer 22

5th and 14th Amendments. Provides protection against unfair government acts against life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Asks questions of whether a law is fair or not.

Question 23

Associative Home Builders of Greater East Bay v. City of Livermore

Answer 23

1976. Livermore prohibited issuance of new building permits if City infrastructure could not support development. If a municipal land use ordinance is reasonably related to the public welfare, then the ordinance is a valid exercise of the police powers.

Question 24

Negotiation-Based Land Value Recapture

Answer 24

Ties development agreements for increased densities to community amenity contributions

Question 25

Goals of Site Plan Review

Answer 25

1) Improve aesthetics of projects 2) Preservation of on-site natural features 3) Provision of adequate parking and loading facilities

Question 26

Vested Rights

Answer 26

If a building permit has been issued, a zoning change came after a nonconforming use was allowed, or a developer has sunk enough money into the project, the development can continue regardless of zoning change.

Question 27

Geddes’ Definition of Regionalism

Answer 27

Form of civic responsibility as a “middle ground”

Question 28

Flat Organization

Answer 28

More responsibility among individual employees leading to greater communication

Question 29

Management Audit

Answer 29

Used to examine efficiency and effectiveness of management in carrying out activities

Question 30

Section 404 Permit

Answer 30

Establishes a program to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill materials into US waters. A Department of Commerce ruling has allowed developers to avoid these permits.

Question 31

Appreciative Inquiry Summit

Answer 31

Large group, four-phase process to collectively rediscover strengths & aspirations of a community and make whole-system positive change

Question 32

Multiattribute Utility Assistance

Answer 32

Decision strategy that represents preference of a decision maker over bundles of goods under conditions of certainty about results and conditions of uncertainty about the same results

Question 33

Traffic Analysis Zones

Answer 33

Geographic units that divide a region into similar areas of land use

Question 34

Most important factor in determining grading of a site plan

Answer 34

Topography

Question 35

Herbert Simon

Answer 35

Created concept of “Satisficing”

Question 36

Invasion-Succession

Answer 36

Concept from Concentric Circle Theory where one land use expands into a neighboring district ie. downtown office towers expand into a warehouse district