final exam planing zone Academic Help
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I want to see your ability to think, reason and apply urban planning and design
concepts that were covered in class and in the assigned reading materials. Write your
answers like you are trying to get a professional planning job and the person who is
going to decide to hire you (or not) is reading it. But get to the point and write clear
and concise. Type your answers on the Final Exam word document available on
Canvas, convert it to a pdf, add any graphics required, and submit via email in a
timely manner. The FAU Honor Code applies so do your own work.
Grades:
This Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade (instead of 10% as stated on the
Syllabus). You will be graded against your classmates- so write (type) well!!!
Questions:
1.
In your own words, explain and summarize the following: [10 points]
a. The Planning Process
b. Typical Data Needed for Plan Preparation
c. The New Oregon Model
d. Zoning Regulations
e. Subdivision Regulations
f. Planned Unit Developments
g. Form-Based Codes
h. Vision first, Plan second, Zone third, and Implement fourth
i. Staff Report: Compliance; Consistency; and Compatibility
j. Comprehensive Plan: Existing Land Use Map v Future Land Use Map
2.
Based on your review of
Gwinnett County, GA 2040 Unified Plan
(Comprehensive Plan) and
Gwinnett
County, GA Unified Development Ordinance
(Zoning Code), which are both available on-line, prepare
the following documents: [10 points]
a. Summary Checklist of Top Five (5) Items Needed to prepare a new Comprehensive Plan
b. Summary Checklist of Top Five (5) Items Needed to prepare a new Zoning Code
3.
Based on your review of
Horizons 2026, Greenville, NC Community Plan
, pages 3 through 31,
inclusive, which is available on-line, prepare the following documents: [10 points]
a. Summary Statement of their Vision.
b. Summary Statement of How the Comprehensive Plan Relates to Zoning
c. Summary Statement of How the Comprehensive Plan Will Address Growth
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4.
One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City,
pages 14-15, available on-line, summarizes the
entire Plan for New York City in two-pages.
Imagine Boston 2030
, available on-line, does not do as
good a job at creating a summary page as New York City did. Prepare a one-page summary of the
Boston plan based on the New York City plan format: [10 points]
5.
The Seminole County, FL Staff Report for
Carillon PUD Major Amendment
dated 01/07/09, available
on Canvas, is 13 pages long, which is too long for the Planning and Zoning Commission to understand
when most of them are reviewing the Staff Report for the first time at the public hearing. Prepare a
one-page Summary of the Staff Report so the Commissioners can understand what is going on if they
did not review the Staff Report prior to the public hearing. [10 points]
6.
Living Asheville: A Comprehensive Plan for Our Future
, available on-line, is a contemporary
comprehensive plan (which means it has more pictures, graphs and charts then words and is more user-
friendly than prior plans) but it is still about 400-pages long and many citizens (and elected officials)
may still get overwhelmed as they try to read it and understand it. Prepare an executive summary
(cheat-sheet) of the plan including the following sections: [25 points]
a. Guide to Plan, pgs. 31-34
b. Making a Plan, pgs. 37-39
c. Public Outreach, pg. 41
d. Demographics, pg. 80
e. Citizens v. Tourists, pg. 81
f. Housing Affordability, pg. 94
g. Aspirations, pgs. 109-115
h. Plan Themes, pgs. 121-123
i. Mixed-use Developments, pgs. 134-137
j. Placemaking, pgs. 138-140
k. Walkability, pgs. 146-148
l. Neighborhoods, pgs. 152-154
m. Multimodal Transportation, pgs. 160-162
n. Diversity in Housing, pgs. 178-180
o. Workforce Housing, pgs. 182-184
p. Social Equity, pgs. 198-199
q. Clean Energy, pgs. 230-232
r. Public Realm, pgs. 244-246
s. Equity, pgs. 264-266
t. Transit-Supported Development, pgs. 310-313
u. Future Land Use, pgs. 338-346
v. Implementation, pgs. 388-389
w. Priority Strategies, Exhibit āEā
7.
Plans should not sit on the shelf after they are completed; plans should be implemented. The Asheville
Planning & Urban Design Department prepared a draft
Urban Place Zoning District
(form-based code
similar to the
River Arts District Form-Based Code
that we reviewed in class) to implement the transit-
supported development section, and other sections, of
Living Asheville: A Comprehensive Plan for Our
Future
. Prepare a Staff Report (Memo) to the City Manager (which will be redrafted and sent to the
City Council) explaining how this draft document implements the comprehensive plan and, as such,
should be adopted by the City Council. [25 points]
