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Rural & Small Town Planning

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Agricultural zoning   show
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Cluster Zoning   show
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Urban Growth Boundary   show
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show created to preserve open space; provide corridors for wildlife in somewhat fragmented enviornment; may provide water quality buffer if a certain width 7 not tilled for farming  
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Conservation Easement   show
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Land Trust   show
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show accomplished either by acquisition of the land through fee simple purchase or by acquistion of the rights to develop the land through purchase of a conservation easement or by receiving a donation of a conservation easement from a property owner  
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Water Quality Buffer   show
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What is a water quality buffer for?   show
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show protecting large core areas of wild habitat is essential to the long-term health of wildlife populations; core areas must be connected which is accomplished by preservation of wildlife corridors  
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show establish setback & location standards; appearance, roofing, or skirting materials; safety standards such as anchohring, construction standards, or elevation in flood hazard areas  
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Where are septic sewer systems used?   show
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What is a percolation test?   show
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Private Sewage Treatment Facilities (PSTF)   show
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Where are PSTFs prohibited?   show
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show mix of uses with sidewalks, trees, and on-street parking; medium density; housing may feature relatively shallow front yards; 0 front setback in commercial areas; divers housing types  
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show scale development appropriately,consider the harmony or cohesion of the landscape, the bldgs, & people of community  
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Would signage requirements be part of a village?   show
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What should be considered as part of small town planning?   show
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show plan comprehensively to manage growth, protect natural environment & quality of life, provide adequate infrastructure & affordable housing, ensure economic stability & maintain existing retail ctrs, accommodate infill dev, & so forth  
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show Prop owner engaged in an activity is perceived as a nuisance by a new prop owner, prop owner that was first to arrive has right to continue  
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show purpose is to protect farmers & ranchers from nuisance lawsuits & prevents local gov't from adopting regulations that impose unreasonable restrictions on ag practices  
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show 1862 permitted settlers to claim 160-acre parcels of land in the western portion of the US on cond that they reside on the land for 5 consecutive yrs; much of land didn't recieve enough rainfall to support ag  
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What happened due to settlement of poeple from the Homestead Act?   show
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show 1981 Dept of Agminimized extent to which fed programs contribute to unnecessary conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses  
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show id effects of fed programs on conversion of farmland to non-farm uses  
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Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA)   show
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show criteria combines soil suitability analysis with other factors such as ag productivity & neighboring land uses  
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show includes economic, social, and geographic features of an area that have potential to influence development pressures on ag areas  
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show 1990 provided fed grants to states, local gov't, & land trusts to preserve farm and ranchland  
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Federal Farm and Ranchland Protection Program   show
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show less than 2%  
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show 36.4% or 801,844  
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How many farms report farming as major occupation and sell between $100k and 250k?   show
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What are the major crops in the US?   show
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show rural america  
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show 7.5 mil people  
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show < 25%  
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show sanitation issues due to many residences moving closer to feedlots; probs include dust, odor, noise, insects, & stormwater runoff  
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What are problems encountered by small towns not built w/i commuting distance of metropolitan areas?   show
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