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