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| unintended & unaccounted for consequences of 1 land user upon others |
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| general guide to a community's future growth & development |
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| economic & environmental impact statements |
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| analyze the project's effect on surrounding areas |
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| prohibition from further development unless adequate infrastructure, schools, police & fire protection, & social services are in place when development commences |
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| affordable housing allocation |
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| local gov must encourage/mandate a "reasonable & fair" component of new housing construction for lower-INC fams |
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| boundaries are delineated around a community w/in which the local gov plans to provide public services & facilities, & beyond which urban development is discouraged/prohibited |
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| extraterritorial jurisdiction |
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| states give local gov power to plan & control urban development outside their boundaries until annexation can occur |
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1. mixed land uses
2. compact building design
3. housing opportunities & choices for a range of household types, fam size, & INC
4. walkable neighborhoods
5. distinctive, attractive communities w/a strong sense of place
6. preservation of open space, farmland, natural beauty, & critical enviro areas
7. Reinvestment in & strengthening of existing communities, & balanced regional development
8. provision for a variety of transportation choices
9. predictable, fair, & cost-effective development decisions
10. citizen & stakeholder participation in development decisions |
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| New Urbanism Integrates Multiple Types of Land Uses & Restore Spaces for Community Life |
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| subscribes to smart growth components, but adds certain focuses |
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| when a zoning ordinance is revised some existing land uses then fall outside the new zoning classification |
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| relief mechanism for cases where the regulations impose exceptional hardship & loss of value provided by a zoning ordinance |
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| zoning ordinances that exclude lower INC groups by lg lot size, or that do not adequately provide low- & moderate-INC housing |
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| when subdividing, become the property & responsibility of the local gov to maintain |
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| charged w/reviewing petitions for variances in zoning ordinances |
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| planned unit development (PUD) |
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| traditional requirements (distance of buildings from lot lines), & apt densities (units/acre), are allowed to vary in some areas in exchange for enhancements such as LG areas of open space & nature preservation, public facilities, & neighborhood strengthening designs |
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| fill traditional zoning voids: traffic, watershed, green space, air quality, or other aspects of enviro |
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| fee paid if development imposes externality costs on the community @ LG |
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| prohibition of development; under rationale that growth can impose broad externalities on a community |
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| polychlorinated biphenyls; used in electrical equipment: fluorescent lights |
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| leaking underground storage tanks; septic/oil tanks |
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| radioactive gas; uranium, granite, shale, phosphate |
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| right of gov to acquire private property, w/out owner's consent, for public use in exchange for just compensation |
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| legal procedure involved with eminent domain |
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| 1 no longer requiring actual physical use by the condemning agency |
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| mkt value of property, if completely taken, or total value of all financial loss if partially taken |
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| action, initiated by a property owner against the gov, to recover the loss in property value attributed to gov activity |
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