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Title: Landuse Planning


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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • Local Governments
  • Zoning
  • Zoning Categories
  • Commercial
  • Residential
  • Industrial
  • Floodplains
  • Forest Preserves

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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • Local Governments
  • Zoning
  • Issues
  • Influenced by developers because local
    governments rely on property taxes
  • Favors high-priced housing and factories
  • Can be too strict and discourage use of
    innovative uses to solving urban problems

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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • Local Governments
  • Permit Restrictions
  • Building permits
  • Sewer hookups
  • Road construction

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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • State and Federal Governments
  • Conservation Easement - tax breaks to landowners
    who agree to use land only for specified purposes
    (e.g. agriculture)

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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • State and Federal Governments
  • Taxation - tax land based on its use as
    agricultural land or forestland rather than its
    fair market value based on its economically
    highest potential use.
  • Prevents farmers and other landowners from being
    forced to sell land to pay their tax bills

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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • State and Federal Governments
  • Land Trust - money designated to purchase
    ecologically valuable land this land is then
    off-limits to development
  • Land Development Rights - restrict the way land
    can be used

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Landuse Planning
  • Methods of Landuse Control
  • State and Federal Governments
  • Environmental Impact Analysis
  • Subsidies
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