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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
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Legal Authority for Zoning in the U.S.
The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act
The Standard City Planning Enabling Act
State enabling legislation Other authority—Municipal
charters
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Problems with Early Zoning Legislation
Urban and local orientation Static view of municipal
development A process orientation Optional plan-making
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The Zoning Ordinance
District Regulations
•Yards
•Height
•Bulk or Floor Area Ratio
•Maximum lot coverage
•Maximum impervious surface ratio
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Floor Area Ratios
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Other Regulations
Accessory structures and uses Landscaping Off-street parking and loading Home occupations Conditional uses Signs
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Off-street Parking Standards
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Nonconforming Uses
Definition Nuisance Lawfully established Vesting Amortization
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Enforcement
Zoning and Building Permits Completeness Reviews Enforcement Procedures
• Administrative—Stop work• Criminal• Injunctions
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Structure and organization Powers
• Variances• Conditional Uses• Appeals of interpretations,
permit refusals Alternative: Hearing examiner
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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
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Subdivision Regulation
Purposes Legal authority Contents
•Submission requirements•Design standards•Engineering Standards•Erosion and sedimentation
control
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Subdivision Regulation
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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
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Planned Unit Development
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Urban Growth Boundary
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Transfer of Development
Rights
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Density Bonus
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Other Techniques
Adequate public facility ordinances
Impact fees Exclusive farmland districts Traditional neighborhood
development zones Overlay districts
• Critical and sensitive areas• Floodplain zoning
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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