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Look through 231 acronyms and abbreviations related to Urban design:
ADT
— Average Daily Traffic (vpd in both directions)
P&Z
— Planning & Zoning
NAHRO
— National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
SAFETEA–LU
— Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
FAICP
— Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
SACRTP
— South African Council for Town and Regional Planners
ADA
— Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
AASHTO
— American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
MSA
— Metropolitan Statistical Area
NFIP
— National Flood Insurance Program
FHA
— Federal Housing Administration
BID
— Business Improvement District
TIP
— Transportation Improvement Program
FIA
— Federal Insurance Administration
TIF
— Tax Increment Financing
FAR
— Floor Area Ratio
EDA
— Economic Development Administration's
BFE
— Base Flood Elevation
SEQA
— State Environmental Quality Act
EIR
— Environmental Impact Report
BOCA
— Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.
CFM
— Certified Floodplain Manager
AADT
— Average Annual Daily Traffic
ESA
— Environmentally Sensitive Area
AADTT
— Average Annual Daily Truck Traffic
PRT
— Personal Rapid Transit
FHWA
— Federal Highway Administration
MPO
— Metropolitan Planning Organization
CMAQ
— Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
NIMS
— National Incident Management System
CF/S
— Cubic Feet per Second
SA
— Sustainability Appraisal
CLOPUD
— Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development
TSM
— Transportation System Management
NAHB
— National Association of Home Builders
CLEUD
— Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development
CIP
— Capital Improvement Program
YIMBY
— Yes In My Backyard
CO
— Certificate of Occupancy
AMR
— Annual Monitoring Report
TAZ
— Traffic Analysis Zone
NHS
— National Highway System
MFFE
— Minimum Finished Floor Elevation
RFQ
— Request for Qualifications
FIRE
— Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (banks, credit agencies, investment companies, brokers and dealers of securities and commodities, security and commodity exchanges, insurance agents, buyers, sellers
ITE
— Institute of Transportation Engineers
ZBA
— Zoning Board of Appeals
RAC
— Regional Activity Center
LPA
— Local Planning Authority
LOS
— Level Of Service
ABI
— Annual Business Inquiry
APTS
— Advanced Public Transportation System
UC
— Urban Cluster
MSBU
— Municipal Service Benefit Unit
ZBA
— Zoning Board of Adjustment
DCA
— Department of Community Affairs
ZO
— Zoning Ordinance
TMA
— Transportation Management Area
SOB
— Sexually Oriented Business
TMA
— Transportation Management Association
LAC
— Limits of Acceptable Change
UDP
— Unitary Development Plan
DIFF
— Do It For Free
ADT
— Average Daily Trips
PC
— Planning Commission
MH
— Mobile Home
LAFCO
— Local Agency Formation Commission
APTA
— American Public Transit Association
EZ
— Enterprise Zone
ULI
— Urban Land Institute
APTA
— American Public Transportation Association
MIGA
— Make It Go Away
BTS
— Border and Transportation Security (DHS)
CDBG
— Community Development Block Grant
LDS
— Local Development Scheme
CIA
— Community Impact Assessment
MH
— Manufactured Housing
MXD
— Mixed Use Development
UDO
— Unified Development Ordinance
CRDD
— Community Residences for the Developmentally Disabled
SEQR
— State Environmental Quality Review
CRAVE
— Citizens Radically Against Virtually Everything
CIP-ICU
— Canadian Institute of Planners - Institut Canadian des Urbanistes
RPA
— Regional Plan Association
M
— Manufacturing
ASLA
— American Society of Landscape Architects
BRT
— Bus Rapid Transit
URPL
— Urban and Regional Planning
ATM
— Advanced Traffic Management
RPG
— Regional Planning Guidance
PPG
— Planning Policy Guidance notes
DU
— Dwelling Unit
RLUIPA
— Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
ASPO
— American Society of Planning Officials
CNEL
— Community Noise Equivalent Level
BANANA
— Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere, Near Anyplace
LRV
— Light-Rail Vehicle
CAVE
— Citizen(s) Against Virtually Everything
CIE
— Capital Improvements Element
FAHP
— Federal-Aid Highway Program
ATC
— Automated Toll Collection
VC
— Volume-to-Capacity ratio
CMP
— Congestion Management Plan
ISOCARP
— International Society of City and Regional Planners
DDHV
— Directional Design Hour Volume
PIITBY
— Put It In Their Back Yard
ACTRP
— Association of Consulting Town and Regional Planners of South Africa
ZLL
— Zero Lot Line
C
— Commercial
MCP
— Master of City Planning
LBCS
— Land-Based Classification Standards
SIP
— Singapore Institute of Planners
BZA
— Board of Zoning Appeals
AA
— Alternative Analysis
COG
— Council of Governments's
CCCL
— Coastal Construction Control Line
TDM
— Transportation Demand Management
AOD
— Airport Overlay District
NARC
— National Association of Regional Councils
AAP
— Area Action Plan
UDC
— Unified Development Code
NLUD
— National Land Use Database
USPLS
— United States Public Land Survey
TCPA
— Town and Country Planning Association
TRO
— Trip Reduction Ordinance
SMART
— Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Based
MUP
— Master of Urban Planning
DHV
— Design Hour Volume
BOA
— Board of Adjustment
ACSC
— Areas of Critical State Concern
SUP
— Special Use Permit
LUR
— Land Use Ratio
ETJ
— Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
MCRP
— Master of City and Regional Planning
DRI
— Development of Regional Impact
FAZ
— Flight Activity Zone
COA
— Committee of Adjustment
CIP
— Capital Improvements Plan
SIG
— Street Index Guide
SAPI
— South African Planning Institute
AIP
— American Institute of Planners
DLGE
— Digital Line Graph Enhanced
RLSA
— Rural Land Stewardship Area
SEPA
— State Environmental Protection Act
LRTP
— Long Range Transportation Plan
RTPA
— Regional Transportation Planning Agency
ISTEA
— Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
PZB
— Planning and Zoning Board
JEDD
— Joint Economic Development District
BMP
— Best Management Program
RPA
— Regional Planning Agency
TND
— Traditional Neighborhood Development
LEPC
— Local Emergency Planning Committee
NIABY
— Not in Anyone's Back Yard
NARP
— National Association of Railroad Passengers
STPP
— Surface Transportation Policy Project
SFD
— Single Family Dwelling
ISR
— Impervious Surface Ratio
NOTE
— Not Over There Either
SEPC
— State Emergency Planning Committee
SLOSH
— Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
EAR
— Evaluation and Appraisal Reports
CWHIP
— Community Workforce Housing Initiative Program
AFT
— American Farmland Trust
DLG-E
— Digital Line Graph Enhanced Maps
COD
— Corridor Overlay District
SPD
— Supplementary Planning Documents
BOA
— Board of Appeals
DPD
— Development Plan Documents
SEA
— Self Evident Applications
ORV
— Off-Road Vehicle
RUID
— Review Until It Dies
CMS
— Congestion Management System
SCPEA
— Standard City Planning Enabling Act
PHT
— Peak Hour Trips
SEPA
— State Environmental Policy Act
IPI
— Irish Planning Institute
NOOS
— Not on Our Street
CNU
— Congress for the New Urbanism
NTBA
— National Town Builders Association
PHT
— Peak Hour Traffic
PG
— Policy Group
SPG
— Supplementary Planning Guidance
EF
— Enhanced Fujita
MWDF
— Minerals and Waste Development Framework
RSS
— Regional Spatial Strategy
FIA
— Fiscal Impact Analysis
PC
— Planning Committee
ETZ
— Extraterritorial Zoning
PP
— Professional Planner
RFRA
— Religious Freedom Restoration Act
CAR
— Census Agricultural Region
USFWS
— United StatesFish and Wildlife Service
PRD
— Planning Residential Development
NUID
— Negotiate Until It Dies
SAD
— Special Assessment District
MTS
— Metropolitan Transportation System
STP
— Surface Transportation Program (funded through ISTEA)
WHPA
— Wellhead Protection Area
UTM
— Universityrsal Transverse Mercator grid
NTHP
— National Trust for Historic Preservation
MISE
— Move It Somewhere Else
ECTP
— European Council of Town Planners
SOV
— Single Occupant Vehicle
USFS
— United StatesForest Service
SZEA
— Standard Zoning Enabling Act
WMP
— Watershed Management Program
LDF
— Local Development Framework
USGS
— United StatesGeological Survey
BP
— Building Permit
RDC
— Regional Development Center
PAB
— Planning Accrediation Board
ITLUP
— Integrated Transportation and Land Use Package
TOD
— Transit Oriented Design
SFR
— Single Family Residential
USDI
— United StatesDepartment of the Interior
ECHO
— Elder Cottage Housing Opportunities
NZPI
— New Zealand Planning Institute
NRUS
— Neighbors Are Us
WPR
— Western Planning Resources
SCI
— Statement of Community Involvement
OFW
— Outstanding Florida Waters
PDG
— Planning Delivery Grant
R
— Residential
PPS
— Planning Policy Statements
NU
— New Urbanism
LDD
— Local Development Documents
SF
— Single Family
MF
— Multifamily
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