Plan Making and Implementation Flashcards

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plan for the organization

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strategic plan

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first city ot adopt a comprehensive zoning ordinance

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New York City

Edward Basset - Father of Zoning

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comprehensive plan (general plan)

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usually entire municipality

10-20 years in future

tries to link long range objectives to a number of interdependent elements

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first American city to adopt a comprehensive PLAN

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City of Cincinnati
Alfred Bettman,

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each element of a comprehensive plan containsq

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existing conditions
statement of goals and objective

description of future needs and proposals for meeting those needs

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purpose of comprehensive plan

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guide for individual decisions
efficient provision of public services
protect common property resources limit
facilitate cooperation
comply with state mandates

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steps in plan making

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Assess conditions
Develop goals, objectives priorities
alternatives
evaluate alternatives
simplement plan
monitor plan progress
evaluate implementation

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district plan

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deals with same subjects as comprehensive plan, but in more deatail, usually smaller geographic scope

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visioning processes

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starts in the present and creates goals for the future

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foresight

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starts with the future and reverse engineers what needs to happen today to achieve the most desirable outcome in the future

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scenario planning

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decision making process, identifies alternative futures based on current reality

short term, horizon year

uses data analysis to identify future alternatives

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9
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Golden v Planning Board of the town of Ramapo

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Ramapo adopted ordinance that made issuance of development contingent on utilities

upheld in new York court of appeals

initiated a wave of no growth management programs nationwide

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Construction Industry Association of Sonoma County v City of Petaluma

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petaluma sent annuall quota on building permits, 9th certut court of appeals held petalums quota system

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Assocated Home Builders of greater east bay v city of livermore (1976)

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cal supreme court uphelt moritorium on building permits, livermore had imposed until performance criteria were met

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12
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Zoning rutes - standard state zoning enabling act

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village of euclid v ambler realty co

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first zoning case

prior to euclid and standard state zoning enabling act was based on common law nuisance

14
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Welch v Swasey (1909)

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Zoning - height regulations upheld (boston)

15
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zoning overlay

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superimposed on top of existing zoning district; additional stanxards and review based on particulat loaction in district (usually protective)

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Floating zone

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unmapped district described in text; applied through rezoning approval

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planned unit development

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large area of land under unified control with a master plan, special type of floating overlay district

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cluster development

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apply density limitations through lot sizes to entire development; flexibility in setbacks, roads, utilities

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transfer of development rights

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yielding partial or complete right to develop in exchange for a right to develop another parcel more intensively

20
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performance zoning

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set goals to be achieved by regulation. for example
ordinance says that residential swimming pools must be screened

21
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incentive zoning -

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reward with additional intencity in exchange for public benefit

22
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first state to institute the mandatory referral of subdivision plats, state to first do subdivisions

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New Jersey in 1913

23
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what are steps in subdivision review

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pre application conference
preliminary plat review
final plat review

24
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performance bong

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developer obtains a performance bond from a surety componay, guarantees improvements will be made

25
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irrevocable letter of credit

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developer obtains from a lender

26
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cash in an escrow account

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developer places in account held in trust by municipality

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development agreement

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contract between developer and a city/county, ou,tlining subsidies that the local government will provide to the project

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Community Benefits Agreement

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legally enforcable, signed by resident groups or coalitions directly affected by a specific developent project and developer