Plan Making And Implementation Flashcards

(55 cards)

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What is the total acreage of land in federal Indian reservations?

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56 million acres
326 Indian land areas
Largest is Navajo Nation 16 million acres
Smallest is Pit Rover 1.32 acres
Many less than 1,000 acres
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What is a township square?

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6 by 6 Mile area
Contains 36 square miles
Contains 36 sections of 1 square mile each

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How many acres in one square mile?

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640 acres

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How many square feet in an acre?

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43,560 square feet

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How many acres in a hectare?

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2.47

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Metes and Bounds

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Oldest type of legal description
Begin at the intersection, then east 200’ along Jefferson
“More or less”
Location of monuments, natural and artificial landmarks

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What is required for legal description of real estate?

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Allows surveyor to locate the property including exact boundaries

Street address is not sufficient

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Lot and block

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Also called a recorded plat

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Ordinance of 1785

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Rectangular land survey of the west

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Dashed line on a subdivision map

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Buildable area as defined by setbacks

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Open Space public engagement technique

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Allows people to propose topics to discuss and those who are interested choose to participate in that dialogue. Prepare summaries to share with entire group.

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Probability an event is about to happen

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1
Probabilities range from 0-1
0 is impossible

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Cost revenue analysis

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Full cost of delivering a service or group of services.

Compare operating costs and tax yields

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Megalopolis

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10 million or more

John Gottmann

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Consensus Conference

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Inform a panel of citizens about a complex technological or scientific issue

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T test

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Compare means of sample averages based on population

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ANOVA

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Analysis of variance - test equality of means between two groups

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Chi Square test

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Measure of fit

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Location quotient

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Relative share of the sector in the region compared to the relative share in the nation

Greater than 1 export
Less than 1 import

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Input output

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Model of an economy 
Determines economic output of a region
Can determine employment affect of particular project on the economy 
Transactions, direct requirements, total requirement s
Assumes no economies of scale
Tech and labor are static 
Consumption of inputs is constant 
No National imports or exports
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4 characteristics of projections

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Shape - conformal
Area - equal area
Distance - equidistant
Direction - true direction

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Oregon model

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1st place using community visioning

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4 map classifications

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Equal interval - like a histogram
Quantile - each bin has same number
Natural breaks or jenks
Unique value

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Tax increment financing

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Designated area to have a tax revenue increased used for capital investment

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Floating zone
Not necessarily included on the map; conditions have to be met
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Form based code
Form of built environment; can deal with use but not the main driver Regulations, not guidelines Community vision translated to form Water conservation and agriculture preservation make little difference
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Transect
Type of form based code Rural to urban in 6 zones plus one special purpose zone Smart code is a type of transect code - Miami
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How can you deal with zoning non conformities?
1) redone to minimize non conformities 2) sanction benign non conformities 3) phase out detrimental non conformities
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Bivariate regression - how many variables used to predict?
1 x variable
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What is the economic base multiplier
Total employment / basic employment. A multiplier of 4 says that 4 total jobs are created for every additional basic job
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Shift share
Interprets changes in an industry’s local employment over a period of years in terms of: 1. National share 2. Industry mix 3. Local shift
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Input output
Useful for understanding linkages between different industries especially those upstream and downstream from a target industry
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Industrial development / special purpose bond
Bond on behalf of a private company for community investment
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Tiebout hypothesis
Individuals will vote with their feet. Public good preferences.
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4 types of health impact assessment
1 rapid - a few weeks 2 desktop 3 intermediate - do not collect new data 4 comprehensive - can take over a year
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Health status is determined by these four things
1 genetics (5%) 2 health care (10%) 3 behavior (30%) 4 social conditions (55%)
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Rational ignorance
Odds of my vote making a difference are very low
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Voting with feet
Works with large federal system People can sort themselves with similar tastes for local or Territorials goods Intergovernmental competition
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Capitalization
Local benefits capitalized in local land prices
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How many Americans lived in some type of community association in 2012
63 million
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How many BIDs in United States
700
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What are CC&R
Covenants conditions and restrictions
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What is rent seeking
Payoffs to special interests
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All government is greater than what percent of GDP
35% State and local from own revenues is 10%
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Several types of grants
Block grants vs categorial - gives recipient flexibility vs restricted to specific projects or function Fórmula vs competitive - awarded by formula or competition
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What are homevoter cities
A city that is mainly devoted to the protection of property values. Homeowners see local governance as a way to protect home values. Usually their largest financial asset
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What are tools to slow gentrification
More housing options for those crowded out Look at development restriction we impose. Yes
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What are components of form based codes
The regulating plan Building form standards - position of buildings on lot And setbacks Public realm - describes spaces between buildings (frontage types and street types) design instructions Optional: street and block standards and frontage and building types
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Cities with form based codes
``` Miami Beaufort SC Cincinnati Tehachapi CA Santa Ana CA ```
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Goals achievement matrix
System for prioritizing projects
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Horizontal equity vs vertical equity
Horizontal - people in the same circumstances should be treated the same Vertical - people on higher incomes should take on greater share of responsibility for paying for public services. Regressive proportional and progressive taxes are vertical equity
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Role of planning commission
Appointed by elected officials Recommending body Public hearings and fact finding for: comp plan, zoning text and map amendments, conditional use permits
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Role of zoning board of appeals
``` Appointed by city council Quasi judicial Public hearings and fact finding for: Appeals of administrative decisions Variances Special exceptions ```
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Design review board
Appointed by city council Advisory role - recommendations to planning commission Rules on consistency of plan with design guidelines May or may not include public comment
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Central limit theorem
When independent variables are summed up, tends toward normal distribution, even if original variables are not normally distributed