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