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Look through 247 acronyms and abbreviations related to Urban planning:
P&Z
— Planning & Zoning
ADT
— Average Daily Traffic (vpd in both directions)
NAHRO
— National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
FAICP
— Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners
SAFETEA–LU
— Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
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)
MSA
— Metropolitan Statistical Area
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
AASHTO
— American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ROW
— Right-Of-Way
NFIP
— National Flood Insurance Program
BID
— Business Improvement District
FHA
— Federal Housing Administration
TIP
— Transportation Improvement Program
FIA
— Federal Insurance Administration
FAR
— Floor Area Ratio
BFE
— Base Flood Elevation
TIF
— Tax Increment Financing
EDA
— Economic Development Administration's
SEQA
— State Environmental Quality Act
CFM
— Certified Floodplain Manager
BOCA
— Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.
EIR
— Environmental Impact Report
ESA
— Environmentally Sensitive Area
AADT
— Average Annual Daily Traffic
FHWA
— Federal Highway Administration
PRT
— Personal Rapid Transit
MPO
— Metropolitan Planning Organization
CF/S
— Cubic Feet per Second
NIMS
— National Incident Management System
CMAQ
— Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
SA
— Sustainability Appraisal
CLOPUD
— Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development
TSM
— Transportation System Management
CIP
— Capital Improvement Program
AADTT
— Average Annual Daily Truck Traffic
CLEUD
— Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development
AMR
— Annual Monitoring Report
CO
— Certificate of Occupancy
YIMBY
— Yes In My Backyard
NAHB
— National Association of Home Builders
ITS
— Intelligent Transportation Systems
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
SR
— State Route
LPA
— Local Planning Authority
RAC
— Regional Activity Center
LOS
— Level Of Service
UC
— Urban Cluster
TMA
— Transportation Management Area
ABI
— Annual Business Inquiry
MSBU
— Municipal Service Benefit Unit
ZBA
— Zoning Board of Adjustment
DCA
— Department of Community Affairs
SOB
— Sexually Oriented Business
TMA
— Transportation Management Association
ZO
— Zoning Ordinance
APTS
— Advanced Public Transportation System
PC
— Planning Commission
DIFF
— Do It For Free
ADT
— Average Daily Trips
UDP
— Unitary Development Plan
MH
— Mobile Home
LAFCO
— Local Agency Formation Commission
EZ
— Enterprise Zone
ULI
— Urban Land Institute
APTA
— American Public Transit Association
BTS
— Border and Transportation Security (DHS)
PE
— Preliminary Engineering
E C
— Existing plus Committed network
LAC
— Limits of Acceptable Change
CIA
— Community Impact Assessment
MH
— Manufactured Housing
MIGA
— Make It Go Away
CDBG
— Community Development Block Grant
LDS
— Local Development Scheme
APTA
— American Public Transportation Association
MXD
— Mixed Use Development
UDO
— Unified Development Ordinance
PPG
— Planning Policy Guidance notes
SEQR
— State Environmental Quality Review
TCC
— Technical Coordinating Committee
RPA
— Regional Plan Association
CIP-ICU
— Canadian Institute of Planners - Institut Canadian des Urbanistes
CRDD
— Community Residences for the Developmentally Disabled
M
— Manufacturing
RPG
— Regional Planning Guidance
RLUIPA
— Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
ATM
— Advanced Traffic Management
URPL
— Urban and Regional Planning
CNEL
— Community Noise Equivalent Level
DU
— Dwelling Unit
CRAVE
— Citizens Radically Against Virtually Everything
ASLA
— American Society of Landscape Architects
CAAA
— Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CNST
— Construction
BANANA
— Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere, Near Anyplace
ASPO
— American Society of Planning Officials
CIE
— Capital Improvements Element
CAVE
— Citizen(s) Against Virtually Everything
BRT
— Bus Rapid Transit
CMP
— Congestion Management Plan
LRV
— Light-Rail Vehicle
VC
— Volume-to-Capacity ratio
FAHP
— Federal-Aid Highway Program
ACTRP
— Association of Consulting Town and Regional Planners of South Africa
DDHV
— Directional Design Hour Volume
ATC
— Automated Toll Collection
AOD
— Airport Overlay District
LBCS
— Land-Based Classification Standards
MCP
— Master of City Planning
PIITBY
— Put It In Their Back Yard
SIP
— Singapore Institute of Planners
BZA
— Board of Zoning Appeals
ZLL
— Zero Lot Line
UDC
— Unified Development Code
AAP
— Area Action Plan
ISOCARP
— International Society of City and Regional Planners
C
— Commercial
COG
— Council of Governments's
TRO
— Trip Reduction Ordinance
AA
— Alternative Analysis
US DOT
— United States Department of Transportation
NLUD
— National Land Use Database
IVHS
— Intelligent Vehicle and Highway Systems
NARC
— National Association of Regional Councils
TCPA
— Town and Country Planning Association
SUP
— Special Use Permit
MUP
— Master of Urban Planning
CCCL
— Coastal Construction Control Line
USPLS
— United States Public Land Survey
DHV
— Design Hour Volume
TDM
— Transportation Demand Management
BOA
— Board of Adjustment
CIP
— Capital Improvements Plan
ACSC
— Areas of Critical State Concern
ETJ
— Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
COA
— Committee of Adjustment
RPA
— Regional Planning Agency
RLSA
— Rural Land Stewardship Area
LUR
— Land Use Ratio
DRI
— Development of Regional Impact
SIG
— Street Index Guide
FAZ
— Flight Activity Zone
AIP
— American Institute of Planners
SMART
— Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Based
AVL
— Automatic Vehicle Locator
LEPC
— Local Emergency Planning Committee
NIABY
— Not in Anyone's Back Yard
ISTEA
— Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
EAR
— Evaluation and Appraisal Reports
SFD
— Single Family Dwelling
MCRP
— Master of City and Regional Planning
DLGE
— Digital Line Graph Enhanced
SEPA
— State Environmental Protection Act
LRTP
— Long Range Transportation Plan
PZB
— Planning and Zoning Board
NARP
— National Association of Railroad Passengers
SPD
— Supplementary Planning Documents
SAPI
— South African Planning Institute
RTPA
— Regional Transportation Planning Agency
TND
— Traditional Neighborhood Development
ISR
— Impervious Surface Ratio
STPP
— Surface Transportation Policy Project
NOTE
— Not Over There Either
SEA
— Self Evident Applications
BMP
— Best Management Program
DPD
— Development Plan Documents
AFT
— American Farmland Trust
JEDD
— Joint Economic Development District
CWHIP
— Community Workforce Housing Initiative Program
COD
— Corridor Overlay District
CMS
— Congestion Management System
SPG
— Supplementary Planning Guidance
BOA
— Board of Appeals
SEPC
— State Emergency Planning Committee
PG
— Policy Group
IPI
— Irish Planning Institute
SCPEA
— Standard City Planning Enabling Act
EF
— Enhanced Fujita
V/C
— Volume to Capacity ratio
RUID
— Review Until It Dies
PP
— Professional Planner
NTBA
— National Town Builders Association
STP
— Surface Transportation Program (funded through ISTEA)
SLOSH
— Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
FIA
— Fiscal Impact Analysis
PHT
— Peak Hour Traffic
SEPA
— State Environmental Policy Act
UPWP
— Unified Planning Work Program
PRD
— Planning Residential Development
RSS
— Regional Spatial Strategy
PC
— Planning Committee
MTS
— Metropolitan Transportation System
USFWS
— United StatesFish and Wildlife Service
MWDF
— Minerals and Waste Development Framework
CAR
— Census Agricultural Region
CNU
— Congress for the New Urbanism
ORV
— Off-Road Vehicle
PHT
— Peak Hour Trips
SAD
— Special Assessment District
NOOS
— Not on Our Street
DLG-E
— Digital Line Graph Enhanced Maps
BP
— Building Permit
RFRA
— Religious Freedom Restoration Act
ETZ
— Extraterritorial Zoning
NTHP
— National Trust for Historic Preservation
NUID
— Negotiate Until It Dies
STIP
— Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
ECTP
— European Council of Town Planners
MISE
— Move It Somewhere Else
WHPA
— Wellhead Protection Area
PAB
— Planning Accrediation Board
TOD
— Transit Oriented Design
WMP
— Watershed Management Program
RDC
— Regional Development Center
LDF
— Local Development Framework
SOV
— Single Occupant Vehicle
SZEA
— Standard Zoning Enabling Act
UTM
— Universityrsal Transverse Mercator grid
SCI
— Statement of Community Involvement
FAU
— Federal-Aid Urban
ITLUP
— Integrated Transportation and Land Use Package
USGS
— United StatesGeological Survey
NZPI
— New Zealand Planning Institute
WPR
— Western Planning Resources
R
— Residential
USFS
— United StatesForest Service
PDG
— Planning Delivery Grant
ECHO
— Elder Cottage Housing Opportunities
NRUS
— Neighbors Are Us
MTA
— Metro Transit Authority
OFW
— Outstanding Florida Waters
USDI
— United StatesDepartment of the Interior
SFR
— Single Family Residential
PPS
— Planning Policy Statements
LDD
— Local Development Documents
NU
— New Urbanism
MF
— Multifamily
SF
— Single Family
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