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Green "e" - Answer - The voluntary labeling program that began in California to indicate which
competitive products are made using "green power"
Accessory - Answer - A type of land use allowed only if they are incidental to the principle use
Environmental Assessment - Answer - A less extensive environmental review used by various agencies
to determine whether or not an EIS will be required
Variance - Answer - A form of administrative relief from an ordinance requirement that is based upon
"unnecessary hardships"
The St. Lawrence Seaway - Answer - Joint Canadian/American project opened in 1959
What is the Federal Property Administration Act of 1949 used primarily for? - Answer - The disposal of
Federal Property by the US Government
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) - Answer - A way to pay for improvements to vacant and underused land
so that it becomes productive again
Variance (math) - Answer - A measure of dispersion around the mean
What type of organizations was Sherry Arnstein involved with? - Answer - The different levels of citizen
participation
According to the ITE's "Parking Generation", based on the ranges of generation factors, an office has a
peak space factor of..... - Answer - 0.5 - 3.0 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of GLA
, According to an EPA source cited in Planning Magazine, what State has the highest number of
endangered species? - Answer - Hawaii
Concurrency - Answer - The requirement that public facilities and services, including roads, sewers, and
schools, be available at the same time new development is completed
PERT - Answer - A graphic depiction of the interrelationships of the tasks that make up the project.
Capital Improvement Program - Answer - It is linked to the goals of the comprehensive plan, the annual
Capital budget is the first year of usually 10-20 year programs, and the public must be informed
What year was the Standard City Planning Enabling Act issued? - Answer - 1928
Revenue Bonds - Answer - Bonds that are often sold for projects that produce revenue
What field was Catherine Bauer Wurster interested in? - Answer - Housing
TDRs - Answer - An economic incentive for preserving undeveloped land
Mode - Answer - The value of a distribution that has the most occurring frequency
The I-35 Corridor - Answer - The only central interstate linking the United States, Canada, and Mexico
MSA - Answer - A geographic entity defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget for the
use by federal statistical agencies that are based on the concept of a core area with a large population
nucleus
Robert Weaver - Answer - The first Secretary of HUD and African-American to serve a Cabinet position
In Portland, what have city maintenance trucks done to save energy? - Answer - They started to carry
solar panels
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