Development Plans: 2.2.2. Land-Use Planning 2.2.3. Zoning Byelaws 2.2.4. Development of LP
Development Plans: 2.2.2. Land-Use Planning 2.2.3. Zoning Byelaws 2.2.4. Development of LP
Development Plans: 2.2.2. Land-Use Planning 2.2.3. Zoning Byelaws 2.2.4. Development of LP
• Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Educational
• Institutional
• Educational
• Road and highway
• Parks, open spaces>> public spaces
• Vacant land
• Under water>> River, Lakes
Land use priority
• Efficiency
• Fiscal profit
• Comfort
• Avoiding conflict
• Heritage conservation
• Environment protection, etc
Rationale of Land Use Planning
Subdivision
• Is the process by which a strip of land is split in parcels,
building sites, etc.
• Method to carry urban planning program
• Must be integrated with other plans, policies,
comprehensive plan, zoning, etc.
• Earlier function of the sub-division was to govern the
voluntary recording of plots and to ensure proper land
records
• Later they developed as development
control>Incorporated design standards for sub division
improvements
Propose of sub division
regulation
• Major propose: means of determining responsibility and
right of the improvement needed to serve new growth
• Helps to ensure creation and preservation of adequate
land records
• Subdivision helps to ensure proper designing of the
neighborhoods
• Subdivisions are properly equipped and their
maintenance is the responsibility of the private or
public party
• Subdivision plan makes economical and easier
improvements of the sub division while the developer
still controls land
Zoning Ordinance
• Down zoning:
• Type of zoning intended to reduce the ultimate
holding capacity of an area in terms of number of
residences or land available for business expansion
• Objective is to reduce the pace of population or
economic growth
• Up zoning:
• Zoning intended to increase the ultimate holding
capacity of an area
• Can attract development
Intensity or density
• General consensus
• Changes are made only when it still confirms
to the objective of the comprehensive plan
• There should be public hearing before zoning
changes such that the decision will be
acceptable to everyone
Uses and limitation of zoning