Planning & zoning questions with
correct answers
a board with the primary purpose of developing a municipality's master plan - correct answer
✔✔ planning board
What are some of the roles of a planning board (or planning committee)? (other than their
primary role of creating a master plan) - correct answer ✔✔ 1. advise legislators and other
boards on matters of planning
2. create the master plan or comprehensive plan for their community
3. develop a capital budget to fund planning initatives
4. create criteria for and approve new developments and subdivisions
6. advise the zoning board of appeals on granting variances, if necessary
What is the primary purpose of the planning board?
a. to grant zoning variances
b. create a master plan
c. to pass zoning laws
d. create building codes - correct answer ✔✔ b
T/F - a master plan balances the area's social and economic needs against it's environment and
aesthetic ones. - correct answer ✔✔ true
What are zoning regulations based off of? - correct answer ✔✔ the priorities set forth in the
master plan
, What are some things taken into account when working on a master plan? - correct answer ✔✔
-data about the population (age, socioeconomic demographics), infustructure needs (roads,
schools, public utilities), public transit availability, economic trends, historic preservation
concerns, growth patters.
After reviewing data, the planning board will develop goals for the community. Then they will
build the plan towards these goals. What might be the steps in doing this? - correct answer ✔✔
1. focus: identify the issues
2. inventory: survey & analysis
3. identify goals and objectives
4. develop a plan
5. review the plan
6. implement and evaluate
T/F - the master plan is a living document - correct answer ✔✔ true - the plan is always being
amended as goals are met & priorities change.
After a master plan is adopted, what can a municipality start to create or refine?
a. a map
b. an annual budget
c. taxes
d. zoning ordinances - correct answer ✔✔ d - After a master plan is adopted, a municipality can
start to create or refine the local zoning ordinances to reflect the priorities outlined in the plan
Why are zoning regulation controls important? - correct answer ✔✔ they outline what is and is
not allowed to exsist as built landscape. it sculpts the physical character of a city or town
What does zoning regulate? - correct answer ✔✔ 1. how land is used
2. minimium lot size
correct answers
a board with the primary purpose of developing a municipality's master plan - correct answer
✔✔ planning board
What are some of the roles of a planning board (or planning committee)? (other than their
primary role of creating a master plan) - correct answer ✔✔ 1. advise legislators and other
boards on matters of planning
2. create the master plan or comprehensive plan for their community
3. develop a capital budget to fund planning initatives
4. create criteria for and approve new developments and subdivisions
6. advise the zoning board of appeals on granting variances, if necessary
What is the primary purpose of the planning board?
a. to grant zoning variances
b. create a master plan
c. to pass zoning laws
d. create building codes - correct answer ✔✔ b
T/F - a master plan balances the area's social and economic needs against it's environment and
aesthetic ones. - correct answer ✔✔ true
What are zoning regulations based off of? - correct answer ✔✔ the priorities set forth in the
master plan
, What are some things taken into account when working on a master plan? - correct answer ✔✔
-data about the population (age, socioeconomic demographics), infustructure needs (roads,
schools, public utilities), public transit availability, economic trends, historic preservation
concerns, growth patters.
After reviewing data, the planning board will develop goals for the community. Then they will
build the plan towards these goals. What might be the steps in doing this? - correct answer ✔✔
1. focus: identify the issues
2. inventory: survey & analysis
3. identify goals and objectives
4. develop a plan
5. review the plan
6. implement and evaluate
T/F - the master plan is a living document - correct answer ✔✔ true - the plan is always being
amended as goals are met & priorities change.
After a master plan is adopted, what can a municipality start to create or refine?
a. a map
b. an annual budget
c. taxes
d. zoning ordinances - correct answer ✔✔ d - After a master plan is adopted, a municipality can
start to create or refine the local zoning ordinances to reflect the priorities outlined in the plan
Why are zoning regulation controls important? - correct answer ✔✔ they outline what is and is
not allowed to exsist as built landscape. it sculpts the physical character of a city or town
What does zoning regulate? - correct answer ✔✔ 1. how land is used
2. minimium lot size
