Site Inventory: Cultural Attributes Flashcards
The ASTM Phase One Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is an assessment that requires…
Services of legal, environmental, and engineering professionals with expertise in regulatory compliance and project permitting to summarize site’s ownership, land use history, soil/ groundwater conditions, and maps other buildings/ structures on site
When assessing a site’s land use, keep in mind the content it’s in by documenting the surrounding two things
- Land use types
- Land use intensities
Land ownership is also called
Tenure
In terms of mapping, what term is used to describe the register of property showing extent, value, and ownership of land for taxation?
Cadastre
What are the 5 source categories of nonpoint pollution?
- Agricultural runoff
- Urban runoff
- Forestry runoff
- Marinas
- Hydromodification
What is a comprehensive plan?
Community level “vision” statement about how a community intends to grow (typically 20-30 years)
Zoning codes are regulations for
Land use
T or F: Conventional or “Euclidean” zoning contributes to urban sprawl by rigidly separating residential uses from non-residential uses and by fostering land consumptive development patterns that make transportation by walking or public transit virtually impractical
True
Local zoning codes that allow variances from code requirements under certain conditions are called
Planned unit development (PUD) or planned development district (PDD)
T or F: subdivision ordinances and typically do not set minimum requirements for parcel size
False
What are the 12 issues investigated by site inventory?
- Zoning classification
- Easements, covenants, other deed restrictions
- Gov agencies with jurisdiction over properties
- Building placement requirements (building setbacks)
- Allowable building area
- Building height, bulk, floor-area ratio, footprint restrictions
- Parking and driveway requirements
- Open space
- On-site recreation/ environmental requirements
- Storm water management/ erosion control
- Landscaping requirements
- Special permits, regulations, and planning procedures
What are three things property appraisers consider?
- The site itself
- Improvements that were made on the site
- Context of the site
What are the three models of economic behavior in appraisal theory?
- Cost approach
- Sales approach
- Income approach
Development regulations are limited to the ________, __________. & ________.
Health, safety, and welfare
Regulations that exceed health, safety, and welfare are called…
Takings
Takings require just compensation to landowner by who?
Government
What are 5 common types of easements?
- Access
- Utility
- Conservation
- Scenic
- Solar
This term is a legal strategy for redirecting potential development from conservation areas to more suitable locations
Transfer of development rights (TDR)
What are desire lines?
Where people want to go (circulation)
Site utilities map commonly includes these 6 things:
- Potable water
- Electricity
- Natural gas
- Telecommunications
- Storm water sewage
- Sanitary sewerage
5 functional elements people use to form mental images/ cognitive maps are:
- Edges (shorelines, roads, hedges…)
- Paths (streets and walkways…)
- Districts (neighborhoods)
- Nodes (entrances, plazas, streets/ walkways)
- Landmarks (unique buildings, structures, and natural features…)
These are 3 common residential building types
- Single family and multi family houses (small footprint, pitched roofs, two story)
- Multi family residential towers (5-12 stories, subdivided living units, retail use on first floor)
- Mixed use residential/ commercial development (ground floor retail or office use, upper flower residential, 3-5 stores, typically rectangular and linear footprints)
T or F: parks are open space are integral community elements that origine visual amenities, outdoor recreational opportunities, and storm water management
True
What does figure ground mapping do?
Visual assessment of the texture of development near a site by mapping building footprints and spaces between buildings (pattern of solids and voids)
This assessment documents the location, quality, and historic significance of buildings and other human-made elements & prior land uses
Cultural resource assessment
What does the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) do?
Gives legal protection to buildings, walls, signs, and other significant structures registered on the list of nationally significant historic resources
Historic significance of a structure or neighborhood is based in these criteria
Age, quality, rarity, and representatives
Historic districts may be mapped by local planning agencies as zoning _________________ with special local land use controls
Overlay districts
Human perceptions of land based amenities primarily involves three senses
Hearing, sight (primary), and smell
Good visibility of a site is a form of marketing and results in increased ______
Prices
This map graphically shows the locations that can be seen from an individual viewing point
Visibility (or view shed) map
There are two approaches to visual quality
1.Objective - assumes visual quality is an inherent landscape attribute (relies on experts in landscape aesthetics)
2. Subjective - assumes visual quality is in the eyes of the beholder (relies on representative/ group of individuals who provide their assessment of scenic quality)
T of F: prominent views to natural and cultural features are site amenities with social as well as economic value
True
T or F: the visibility of unsightly on/ off features are not as important
False
What are the 4 ordinal classes that are used to rate visual quality?
- Very unique
- Unique
- Frequent
- Common
What is sound intensity measured by?
Sound pressure level (SPL) on a logarithmic decible scale (dB)
What is the noise standard the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set for the workplace?
Anything louder than 90 decibels for more than 8 hours require earplugs
