AICP Glossary of Planning Terms
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| show | Acre
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| A tax on property that is calculated based on a percent of value of the property taxed. | show 🗑
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| Housing developed through some combination of zoning incentives, cost-effective construction techniques, and governmental subsidies that can be rented or purchased by low income households. | show 🗑
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| Any law, regulation, board, or process that has as its objective the preservation of farming on land dedicated to agricultural use. Examples include agricultural zoning, farmland preservation boards, property tax relief for farmers, & anti-nuisance laws. | show 🗑
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| show | Applellate Jursidiction
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| show | Authorities and Special Disticts
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| A map showing the essential natural or man-determined features of an area such aslot lines. Used as the starting point for many planning activities. | show 🗑
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| An Interest bearing certificate issued by a government or business, promising to pay the holder a specified sum on a specified date; it is a common means of raising capital funds. | show 🗑
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| A local body, created by ordinance, whose responsiblity is to hear appeals from decisions of the local zoning administrative official and to consider requests for variances and exceptions (special use permits, conditional use permits) | show 🗑
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| A local body, created by ordinance, whose responsiblity is to hear appeals from decisions of the local zoning administrative official and to consider requests for variances and exceptions (special use permits, conditional use permits) | show 🗑
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| show | Brainstorming
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| show | Charrette
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| Citizens groups presumed to represent the ideas and attitudes of local groups; the purpose to advise the planning agency. | show 🗑
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| A document or series of documents prepared by a planning commission or department setting forth policies for the future of a community. | show 🗑
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| show | Contour Lines
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| show | Easement
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| Legislation passed by the state legislature authorizing cities, towns, and villages to carry out functions in the public interest. | show 🗑
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| The legal right of government to acquire or "take" private property for public use or public purpose upon paying just compensation to the owner. | show 🗑
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| Traditional as-of-right or self-executing zoning in which district regulations are explicit; residential, commercial, and industrial uses are segregated. | show 🗑
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| show | Exaction
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| A zoning district whose requirements are fully described in the text of the ordinance but which is unmapped. | show 🗑
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| Computer mapping system that produces multiple "layers" of graphic information about a community or region. | show 🗑
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| Analysis used in transportation planning that eveluates the relationship between the force of attraction and the generation of vehicular trips. | show 🗑
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| Broad statements of ideal future conditions that are desired by the communtiy and contained in the comprehensive plan. | show 🗑
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| A business conducted in a residential dwelling unit that is incidental and subordinate to the primary residential use. | show 🗑
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| show | Inverse Condemnation
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| A system of describing & identifying land by measures and direction from and identifiable point of reference. | show 🗑
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| An in-depth study that attempts to discover all the underlying economic factors that affect a community's growth or decline. | show 🗑
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| A range of values that includes a certain populations parameter with a given probability. | show 🗑
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| A technique developed to monitor the real pattern of money flows. | show 🗑
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| show | ITS - Intelligent Transportation Systems
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| Component of the General Plan that establishes land use goals and policies. | show 🗑
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| show | Location Quotient
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| show | Level of Service A
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| Steady flow of traffic with only slight delays in travel. Some limitations on speed and movement. All vehicles clear light in a single cycle. | show 🗑
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| Reasonable steady, high volume flow of traffic with some limitations on movement and speed, and occasional backups. | show 🗑
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| show | Level of Service D
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| Characterized by slow movement and frequent stoppages. Congestion is considered severe, but not uncommon at peak traffic hours, with frequent stopping, long standing queues and blocked intersections. | show 🗑
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| Unsatisfactory stop and go traffic characterized by traffic jams and stoppages of long duration. Cars usually have to wait through one or more signal cycles. | show 🗑
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| The process where one sets lower bounds for the various objectives that, if attained, will be "good enough" and then seeks a solution that will exceed these bounds. | show 🗑
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| New development designed with the pedestrian in mind. | show 🗑
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| show | PP or Pedestrian Pockets
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| A process in which general agreement is reached over a period of time people with divergent interests. | show 🗑
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| Effort of a third party, usually a single person to persuade disputants to come to an agreement. | show 🗑
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| show | Goals Achievement Matrix (GAM)
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| show | Referendum
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| show | Delphi Method
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| To represent disadvantaged segments of population | show 🗑
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| show | Synoptic Rationality
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| Use change one aspect of plan; known as "science of muddling through", short-term problems with little time and little money. | show 🗑
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| show | Transactive Planning
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| Planning that does not work, i.e. allow neighborhood to take over planning functions. | show 🗑
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| Solve Societys ills through physical planning, "Visionary", ie. Corbusiers "Contemporary City", Howards "Garden City", Burnhams "White City", Wrights "Broadacre City". | show 🗑
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| show | Methodism
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