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    This document discusses various aspects of urban planning regulations in the United States, including zoning and subdivision regulations. It provides an overview of the legal authority for zoning, some early problems with zoning legislation, and key components of zoning ordinances and maps. These include district regulations, other regulations like landscaping and parking standards, and dealing with nonconforming uses. The enforcement of zoning ordinances and the roles of boards of zoning appeals and regulating map and text amendments are also examined. Subdivision regulations, procedures, and exactions are covered as well. The document concludes with a brief discussion of current problems in land use controls.

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    This document discusses various aspects of urban planning regulations in the United States, including zoning and subdivision regulations. It provides an overview of the legal authority for zoning, some early problems with zoning legislation, and key components of zoning ordinances and maps. These include district regulations, other regulations like landscaping and parking standards, and dealing with nonconforming uses. The enforcement of zoning ordinances and the roles of boards of zoning appeals and regulating map and text amendments are also examined. Subdivision regulations, procedures, and exactions are covered as well. The document concludes with a brief discussion of current problems in land use controls.

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    Implementation of Urban

    Planning: Zoning and


    Subdivision Regulations
    Stuart Meck, FAICP
    Senior Research Fellow
    American Planning Association

    Module 2: Spatial Analysis and Urban
    Land Planning
    Legal Authority for
    Zoning in the U.S.
    The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act
    The Standard City Planning Enabling Act
    State enabling legislation
    Other authorityMunicipal charters

    Problems with Early
    Zoning Legislation
    Urban and local orientation
    Static view of municipal development
    A process orientation
    Optional plan-making
    The Zoning
    Ordinance: Zoning
    Map
    The Zoning
    Ordinance
    District Regulations
    Yards
    Height
    Bulk or Floor Area Ratio
    Maximum lot coverage
    Maximum impervious surface ratio

    Floor Area Ratios




    Other Regulations
    Accessory structures and uses
    Landscaping
    Off-street parking and loading
    Home occupations
    Conditional uses
    Signs

    Off-street Parking
    Standards
    Nonconforming Uses
    Definition
    Nuisance
    Lawfully established
    Vesting
    Amortization
    Enforcement
    Zoning and Building Permits
    Completeness Reviews
    Enforcement Procedures
    AdministrativeStop work
    Criminal
    Injunctions


    Board of Zoning
    Appeals
    Structure and organization
    Powers
    Variances
    Conditional Uses
    Appeals of interpretations, permit
    refusals
    Alternative: Hearing examiner

    Zoning Map and Text
    Amendments
    Purposes
    Piecemeal amendments
    Comprehensive amendments
    Map amendment
    Consistency with comprehensive plan
    Density and intensity, compatibility
    Interpretation of plan text
    Proposed public improvements
    Subdivision
    Regulation
    Purposes
    Legal authority
    Contents
    Submission requirements
    Design standards
    Engineering Standards
    Erosion and sedimentation control

    Subdivision
    Regulation
    Subdivision Review
    Procedure
    Preapplication conference
    Preliminary plat review
    Final plat review
    Public improvement guarantees
    Time limits
    Exactions & fees in lieu
    Parks & school sites
    Storm drainage
    Planned Unit
    Development
    Urban Growth
    Boundary
    Transfer of
    Development Rights
    Density Bonus
    Other Techniques
    Adequate public facility ordinances
    Impact fees
    Exclusive farmland districts
    Traditional neighborhood development
    zones
    Overlay districts
    Critical and sensitive areas
    Floodplain zoning

    Current Problems in
    Land-use Controls
    Exclusionary zoning
    Takings
    Bureaucracy
    Timeliness of reviews
    Coordination among governmental units
    Gold-plating of development standards
    Lack of clear authority for certain
    techniques

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