URBS/PLSI 513/GEOG 658 "Politics, Law, and the urban Environment"
R.T. LeGates Fall, 1997
November 11 Local Government Players, Powers, and Tools; Drawing boundaries. City Planning Law
Annexation
City Council (city)
City Manager
Board of Supervisors (County)
Incorporation
Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
Mayor
Special district
Special district formation
City planning commission
City planning department
Consistency requirement in California General Plan law
- intra-element (internal within each element)
- inter-element (between elements)
- general (between land use regulations and general plan)
Element of a general plan
General Plan
Mandatory element of a general plan
Permissive element of a general plan
November 6 Zoning and Subdivision Control / Comprehensive Growth Management
Beauty contest (in growth management)
Building envelope
Capital improvement program
Comprehensive growth management ordinance
Conditional use permit (CUP)
Euclidean zoning
Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
Height limit
Map change (to zoning)
Nonconforming use
Petaluma plan
Point system (in growth management)
Required dedication
Residential tempo control
Setback
Spot zoning
Subdivision control
Subdivision map
Text change (to zoning)
Variance
Zoning
November 25 Exclusionary And Inclusionary Land Use practices
Builder's remedy
Discriminatory impact
Discriminatory intent
Equal protection of the law (XIV amendment)
Exclusionary land use practice
Fair share housing
Inclusionary land use practice
Least cost housing
State general welfare law