Intro To Urban Planning Questions With Complete
Solutions
"C" Variances Correct Answers "C" Variances ‐ where
development is prevented
due to certain physical conditions of the property.
• Known as "dimensional" variances
- Reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or
shape of a specific property
- Reason by exceptional topographic conditions or
physical features uniquely affecting a specific piece
of property
• Transfers from property owner to property owner
• Granted by the majority of the voting members of
the board (5 members is a quorum)
"d" variances Correct Answers "D" Variances ‐ involve:
- (a) A use not permitted in the zoning district
- (b) Expansion of a non‐conforming use
- (c) deviation from a standard pertaining to a
conditional use
- (d) increase in permitted floor area ratio
- (e) Increase in permitted density
- (f) Where height of a principal structure exceeds
by ten feet or ten percent the max height
permitted in the district
• Granted to the property
5 different ways to think about Public Interests Correct Answers
-As a Commonly
-Held Value
,-As the Wise/Superior Interest
-As a Moral Imperative
- As a Balance of Interests-Undefinable
A Look Ahead - 2020 Census Correct Answers U.S. population
continues to shift to the South and West, and states in those
regions will likely gain congressional seats at the expense of
states in the Northeast and Midwest, changing the political
landscape.
More than half of U.S. counties have experienced net population
loss since 2010, with more than 550 counties losing at least 5
percent of their residents.
According to "Contemporary Urban Planning", the postwar
WW2 period in the United States gave rise to which planning
initiatives? (circle all that apply) Correct Answers Urban
Renewal,Environmental Planning ,Planning for Natural
Disasters
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, a private
community offers its members some benefits. Which of the
following is NOT considered a benefit? Correct Answers
economic segregation
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, in what primary
way does the federal government influence local (municipal)
planning policies and activities? Correct Answers through
grants and the federal requirements associated with them
, According to Contemporary Urban Planning, in which was does
states land use planning most affects communities? Correct
Answers The availability and affordability of housing
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, public
dissatisfaction with the profession planning field was influenced
by which factor(s)? Correct Answers The Civil Rights
Movement and race riots
and Poorly designed public housing as a result of Urban
Renewal
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, rising
homelessness is attributed to the following causes Correct
Answers mental illness, substance abuse, economic - lack of
income, the elimination of Single Room Occupancies (SRO)
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, the Planning
Research phase of a comprehensive master plan includes which
of the following activities? Circle all that apply. Correct
Answers Land Use Inventory , Population Forecast
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, the role of Urban
Designers is likely to grow. What reasons does the author give?
Correct Answers Land development is taking place as large-
scale unified projects instead of infill projects, Changes in the
market for residential and commercial spaces, such as increased
need for senior housing and office parks
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, the Southern
Burlington NAACP v. Mt. Laurel was a case about what?
Solutions
"C" Variances Correct Answers "C" Variances ‐ where
development is prevented
due to certain physical conditions of the property.
• Known as "dimensional" variances
- Reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or
shape of a specific property
- Reason by exceptional topographic conditions or
physical features uniquely affecting a specific piece
of property
• Transfers from property owner to property owner
• Granted by the majority of the voting members of
the board (5 members is a quorum)
"d" variances Correct Answers "D" Variances ‐ involve:
- (a) A use not permitted in the zoning district
- (b) Expansion of a non‐conforming use
- (c) deviation from a standard pertaining to a
conditional use
- (d) increase in permitted floor area ratio
- (e) Increase in permitted density
- (f) Where height of a principal structure exceeds
by ten feet or ten percent the max height
permitted in the district
• Granted to the property
5 different ways to think about Public Interests Correct Answers
-As a Commonly
-Held Value
,-As the Wise/Superior Interest
-As a Moral Imperative
- As a Balance of Interests-Undefinable
A Look Ahead - 2020 Census Correct Answers U.S. population
continues to shift to the South and West, and states in those
regions will likely gain congressional seats at the expense of
states in the Northeast and Midwest, changing the political
landscape.
More than half of U.S. counties have experienced net population
loss since 2010, with more than 550 counties losing at least 5
percent of their residents.
According to "Contemporary Urban Planning", the postwar
WW2 period in the United States gave rise to which planning
initiatives? (circle all that apply) Correct Answers Urban
Renewal,Environmental Planning ,Planning for Natural
Disasters
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, a private
community offers its members some benefits. Which of the
following is NOT considered a benefit? Correct Answers
economic segregation
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, in what primary
way does the federal government influence local (municipal)
planning policies and activities? Correct Answers through
grants and the federal requirements associated with them
, According to Contemporary Urban Planning, in which was does
states land use planning most affects communities? Correct
Answers The availability and affordability of housing
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, public
dissatisfaction with the profession planning field was influenced
by which factor(s)? Correct Answers The Civil Rights
Movement and race riots
and Poorly designed public housing as a result of Urban
Renewal
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, rising
homelessness is attributed to the following causes Correct
Answers mental illness, substance abuse, economic - lack of
income, the elimination of Single Room Occupancies (SRO)
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, the Planning
Research phase of a comprehensive master plan includes which
of the following activities? Circle all that apply. Correct
Answers Land Use Inventory , Population Forecast
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, the role of Urban
Designers is likely to grow. What reasons does the author give?
Correct Answers Land development is taking place as large-
scale unified projects instead of infill projects, Changes in the
market for residential and commercial spaces, such as increased
need for senior housing and office parks
According to Contemporary Urban Planning, the Southern
Burlington NAACP v. Mt. Laurel was a case about what?
