Test 2 Flashcards
Business center revitalization plan
Small area plan for mixed use business area or main st
Community Development Corporation
Non-profit organization that engages in development that benefits the community
Community wide land use design
More specific arrangement of land use patterns that focus on human values in urban districts
Concurrency
Land use regulations that local gov’t are required to adopt to ensure that development does not outstrip the gov’t’s ability to handle it
Conservation easement
Restriction on part of land to protect its natural resources
Densification
Process of area becoming more populated and it’s land becoming more tightly packed
Density needed to support mass transit
Need large population base in small radius to justify construction
Design based zoning
Regulating land development to achieve a specific urban form
Development of regional impact
Any development which, because of its character, magnitude, or location would have a substantial effect upon the health, safety or welfare of citizens of more than one county
Euclidean zoning
Single use zoning
Exactions
Condition imposed where developers are required to mitigate anticipated negative impacts
Farm land preservation
Lise use policy’s to preserve farm land such as a purchase of development rights by the municipality
Floor-area ratio
Useable floor space vs area of lot on which building stands
Form-based code
Fosters predictable built results and high quality public realm by using physical form
Form districts
Area that has been planned using form based code
Gentrification
Process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of influx of more affluent residents
Green infrastructure
Approach to water mgmt that protects restores or mimics natural water cycle
Green print plans
Plan to protect natural beauty and resources of an area that shapes the character of the community
Growth boundaries
Regional boundary set in order to control urban sprawl
Growth machines
Anchors lawyers, real estate agents and developers who work in covert to promote their development agenda
Growth moratoriums
Land use policy designed to halt development for a certain period in order to maintain the status quo
Historic district plan
Focused on a neighborhood or commercial district of historic or architectural significance
Horizontal mixed use
Combining single use buildings within one block
Accessibility vs mobility
Mobility is movement of people in a population from place to place while accessibility addresses the ease of using these systems
HUB urban village
Concentration of housing and employment at strategic location along transit network, with a strong core of commercial employment and housing at densities that support walkability
Incentive zoning
Granting provisions that developers want in exchange for desired public improvements
Infill development
Developing vacant or under used parcels within existing urban areas that are already largely developed
Land conservancy
Land trust
Land trust
Works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or conservation easement
Leap frog development
Development so far from services and infrastructure that local gov’t has a hard time supporting it
Level of service
Measures how well traffic moves along a roadway
Natural resource area plan
Plan for area that is of critical environmental concern
Neighborhood unit model
Early diagrammatic planning model for residential development in metropolitan areas
Non traditional neighborhood developments
Proposes a human scale pedestrian friendly physical environment with public spaces and institutions to encourage social interactions and a sense of community
New urbanism
Movement which promotes environmentally friendly and sustainable urban developments
New urbanism models
Celebration FL
NGO
Non profit organization task irritated driven by common interest
Pedestrian pocket neighborhood
Cluster of apartments gathered around shared open space
Performance zoning
Regulates design and location of use based on characteristics of a particular site to support development
Plan for Radburn
Planned housing estate, backyards of homes facing streets , fronts facing eachother
Planned unit development
Subdivision with more than just houses multi house
Quiet revolution
State and regional gov’t needs to be involved in land use planning as well as local
Redevelopment area plan
Plan to revitalize a distressed area, either from loss of activity or deterioration
Redlining
Denying services to areas based on wealth or ethnic stigma
Schematic land use design
Focuses on finding suitable locations for each potential center, and within proper relationship with each other
Small area plan
Focus on specific strategy with important geographic areas within planning districts
Specific development plan
Designed to have the status of development regulation for the district defined in the plan
Suburban master planned community model
Low density homogenous neighborhood of mostly single family detached homes, big lawns curling streets
Teaser parking
Parking in front of buildings to attract people there
Transit oriented development
Walkable urban community within .5 miles of transit
Transportation corridor plan
Type of small area plan that plans a transportation system
Transit station area plan
Focuses on about .25 radius around existing or planned transit station
Urban densification
Increasing city density more people inhabiting cities
Village model
Consumer driven approach for aging in place
