PLANNING TERMS

Have you always struggled to understand Planners? Have you always wanted to be a part of the Planning world, yet felt intimidated by all the acronyms, abbreviations, and other industry jargon? Well, fret no more! The following is a list of Planning terms decoded. Now you can feel right at home during the next Planning conference, meeting, or simply trying to impress your significant other.

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AB – Assembly Bill
ABC – Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of California
AC – Acre(s)
ACOE – Army Corps of Engineers
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADT – Average Daily Traffic (Average Daily Trips)
AICP – American Institute of Certified Planners
ALUC – Airport Land Use Commission
ALUCP – Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
APA – American Planning Association
AQI – Air Quality Index
AQMD – Air Quality Management District
ARB – Architectural Review Board
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BANANA – Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
BID – Business Improvement District
BMP – Best Management Practice
BOS – Board of Supervisors
BPC – Business and Professions Code of the State of California
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CAC – California Administrative Code
CAD – Computer Aided Design
CAP – Climate Action Plan
CARB – California Air Resources Board
CAVE – Citizens Against Virtually Everything
CBC – California Building Code
CBD – Central Business District
CC – City Council / Civil Code of the State of California
CC&Rs – Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions
CCR – California Code of Regulations
CDBG – Community Development Block Grant
CDC – Center for Disease Control
CDFW – California Department of Fish and Wildlife
CEC – California Electrical Code
CEQA – California Environmental Quality Act
CF – Cubic Feet (Foot)
CFC – California Fire Code
CFD – Community Facilities District
CHBC – California Historic Building Code
CIP – Capital Improvements Program
CLG – Certified Local Government
CMC – California Mechanical Code
CNU – Congress for the New Urbanism
CO/CofO – Certificate of Occupancy
COA – Conditions of Approval
COG – Council of Governments
CPC – California Plumbing Code
CPF – California Planning Foundation
CRAP – Concerned Residents Against Planners
CSAC – California State Association of Counties
CUP – Conditional Use Permit
CVC – California Vehicle Code
CY – Cubic Yard(s)
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~~~D~~~
DAB – Development Advisory Board
DIF – Development Impact Fees
DMV – Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California
DOE – Department Of Energy
DOT – Department Of Transportation
DPH / DOPH – Department Of Public Health
DPR – Development Plan Review
DRB – Development Review Board
DU/AC – Dwelling Units Per Acre
DUDE – Developer Under Delusions of Entitlement
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EC – Education Code of the State of California
EDD – Employment Development Department
EIR – Environmental Impact Report
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
ESRI – Environmental Systems Research Institute
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FAA – Federal Aviation Administration
FAR – Floor Area Ratio
FCC – Federal Communications Commission
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHA – Federal Housing Administration
FHWA – Federal Highway Administration
FRUIT – Fear of Revitalization, Urban Infill, & Towers
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GBA – Gross Buildable Area
GC – Government Code of the State of California
GFA – Gross Floor Area
GIS – Geographic Information Systems
GLA – Gross Leaseable Area
GOOMBY – Get Out Of My Back Yard
GP(A) – General Plan (Amendment)
GPS – Global Positioning System
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HMP – Hazard Mitigation Plan
HOV – High Occupancy Vehicle
HSC – Health & Safety Code of the State of California
HUD – Housing and Urban Development
HVAC – Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning
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ISTEA – Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ITE – Institute of Transportation Engineers
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LAFCO – Local Area Formation Commission
LEA – Local Enforcement Agency
LOS – Level Of Service
LULU(S) – Locally Unacceptable Land Use(s)
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MND – Mitigated Negative Declaration
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MPO – Metropolitan Planning Organization
MSA – Metropolitan Statistical Area
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NAHB – National Association of Home Builders
NAICS – North American Industrial Classification System
NAMBI – Not Against My Business or Industry
NAP – Not A Part
ND – Negative Declaration
NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act
NETMA – Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything
NFIP – National Flood Insurance Program
NHPA – National Historic Preservation Act
NHS – National Highway System
NIMBY – Not In My Back Yard
NIMEY – Not In My Election Year
NIMFYE – Not In My Front Yard Either
NPDES – National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NTSB – National Transportation Safety Board
NUDE – Neighborhoods Under Delusions of Entitlement
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OPR – Office of Planning & Research of the State of California
OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration
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PC – Planning Commission / Penal Code of the State of California
PCN – Public Convenience & Necessity
PRC – Public Resources Code of the State of California
PRD – Planned Residential Development
PUC – Public Utilities Commission / Public Utilities Code of the State of California
PUD – Planned Unit Development
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RDA – Redevelopment Agency
RFP – Request for Proposal
RFQ – Request for Qualifications
RLUIPA – Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
ROW – Right of Way
RWQCB – Regional Water Quality Control Board
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SB – Senate Bill
SF / SQ-FT – Square Feet (Foot)
SHC – Streets and Highways Code of the State of California
SLAP – Strategic Lawsuits Against Planners
SMA – Subdivision Map Act
SOV – Single Occupancy Vehicle
SP(A) – Specific Plan (Amendment)
SRO – Single Room Occupancy
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TAC – Technical Advisory Committee
TAZ – Traffic Analysis Zone
TDM – Transportation Demand Management
TDR – Transfer of Development Rights
TIA – Traffic Impact Analysis
TIF – Tax Increment Financing
TIGER – Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding & Referencing
TIP – Transportation Improvement Program
TOD – Transit Oriented Development
TOT – Transient Occupancy Tax
TSM – Transportation Systems Management
TUP – Temporary Use Permit
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UBC – Uniform Building Code
UGB – Urban Growth Boundary
ULI – Urban Land Institute
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
USFS – United States Forest Service
USFWS – United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS – United States Geological Survey
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VMT – Vehicle Miles Traveled
VOC – Volatile Organic Compound
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WCF – Wireless Communication Facility
WQMP – Water Qualtiy Management Plan
WRCB – Water Resources Control Board
WW?D – What Would (Insert Planning Director’s First Name Initial Letter) Do
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ZA – Zoning Administrator

 

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