APA DEFAMES CITIZENS
The following was given to a citizen attending a Planning Commission meeting in Hemet, CA. It was provided by the city staff Planning Director. It was handed out to everyone in the meeting. For reading convenience, we have copied and pasted it below. We have provided the link to the APA website at the bottom. We also have taken screen shots, in the event they figure out how rude and absolutely obnoxious they are and try to scrub.
We have highlighted many of the terms - some are the derogatory terms - others are Agenda 21 rhetoric and some are just plain stupid (take note of "WW?D). We have added commentary next to some
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We have highlighted many of the terms - some are the derogatory terms - others are Agenda 21 rhetoric and some are just plain stupid (take note of "WW?D). We have added commentary next to some
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Planning Terms
Have you always struggled to understand Planners? Have you always wanted to be a part of the Planning world, yet felt intimidated by all the acronyms, abbreviations, and other industry jargon? Well, fret no more! The following is a list of Planning terms decoded. Now you can feel right at home during the next Planning conference, meeting, or simply trying to impress your significant other.
~~~A~~~
AB-Assembly Bill
ABC-Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of California
AC-Acre(s)
ACOE-Army Corps of Engineers
ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act
ADT-Average Daily Traffic (Average Daily Trips)
AICP-American Institute of Certified Planners
ALUC-Airport Land Use Commission
ALUCP-Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
ANSI-American National Standards Institute
APA-American Planning Association
AQI-Air Quality Index
AQMD-Air Quality Management District
ARB-Architectural Review Board
~~~B~~~
BANANA-Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
BID-Business Improvement District
BMP-Best Management Practice
BOS-Board of Supervisors
BPC-Business and Professions Code of the State of California
~~~C~~~
CAC-California Administrative Code
CAD-Computer Aided Design
CAP-Climate Action Plan -( didn't they get the memo that man-made global warming is a farce?)
CARB-California Air Resources Board - (this unholy alliance is single handedly destroying California )
CAVE-Citizens Against Virtually Everything (Notice the word "cave" - they stop just short of the use of "caveman" - that would be too obvious. THis is the same line as the "flat earther" incendiary rhetoric - that people who refuse to sign onto this socialistic/communistic ideology are just stupid and neanderthals. )
CBC-California Building Code
CBD-Central Business District
CC-City Council / Civil Code of the State of California
CC&Rs-Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions
CCR-California Code of Regulations
CDBG-Community Development Block Grant
CDC-Center for Disease Control
CEC-California Electrical Code
CEQA-California Environmental Quality Act (based on junk science)
CF-Cubic Feet (Foot)
CFC-California Fire Code
CHBC-California Historic Building Code
CIP-Capital Improvements Program
CLG-Certified Local Government
CMC-California Mechanical Code
CNU-Congress for the New Urbanism
(this is the new ICLEI - beware)
CO-Certificate of Occupancy
COA-Conditions of Approval
COG-Council of Governments ( The "collective")
CPC-California Plumbing Code
CRAP-Concerned Residents Against Planners
CSAC-California State Association of Counties (The "collective")
CUP-Conditional Use Permit
CVC-California Vehicle Code
CY-Cubic Yard(s)
~~~D~~~
DAB-Development Advisory Board
DMV-Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California
DOE-Department Of Energy
DOT-Department Of Transportation
DPH / DOPH-Department Of Public Health
DPR-Development Plan Review
DU/AC-Dwelling Units Per Acre
DUDE-Developer Under Delusions of Entitlement. (Yes - how DARE the developer think that he is entitled to do what he wishes with HIS land. Silly developer - your land is for the government)
~~~E~~~
EC-Education Code of the State of California
EDD-Employment Development Department
EIR-Environmental Impact Report
EPA-Environmental Protection Agency (stealing authorized by the government and paid for with YOUR tax dollars)
ESRI-Environmental Systems Research Institute
~~~F~~~
FAA-Federal Aviation Administration
FAR-Floor Area Ratio
FCC-Federal Communications Commission
FEMA-Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHA-Federal Housing Administration
FHWA-Federal Highway Administration
FRUIT-Fear of Revitalization, Urban Infill, & Towers
~~~G~~~
GBA-Gross Buildable Area
GC-Government Code of the State of California
GFA-Gross Floor Area
GIS-Geographic Information Systems
GLA-Gross Leaseable Area
GOOMBY-Get Out Of My Back Yard
GPS-Global Positioning System
~~~H~~~
HMP-Hazard Mitigation Plan
HOV-High Occupancy Vehicle (Doesn't sound as nice as SUV does it?)
HSC-Health & Safety Code of the State of California
HUD-Housing and Urban Development
HVAC-Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning
~~~I~~~
ISTEA-Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ITE-Institute of Transportation Engineers
~~~L~~~
LAFCO-Local Area Formation Commission
LOS-Level Of Service
LULU(S)-Locally Unacceptable Land Use(s)
~~~M~~~
MND-Mitigated Negative Declaration
MOU-Memorandum of Understanding
MPO-Metropolitan Planning Organization
MSA-Metropolitan Statistical Area
~~~N~~~
NAHB-National Association of Home Builders
NAICS-North American Industrial Classification System
NAMBI-Not Against My Business or Industry
NAP-Not A Part
ND-Negative Declaration
NEPA-National Environmental Policy Act not based in reality
NETMA-Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything
NFIP-National Flood Insurance Program
NHPA-National Historic Preservation Act
NHS-National Highway System
NIMBY-Not In My Back Yard
NIMEY-Not In My Election Year
NIMFYE-Not In My Front Yard Either
NPDES-National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (Is this code for "term limits"?)
NTSB-National Transportation Safety Board
NUDE-Neighborhoods Under Delusions of
Entitlement
~~~O~~~
OPR-Office of Planning & Research of the State of California
OSHA-Occupational Safety & Health Administration
~~~P~~~
PC-Planning Commission / Penal Code of the State of California coincidence they are one in the same?????
PCN-Public Convenience & Necessity "the collective"
PRC-Public Resources Code of the State of California
PUC-Public Utilities Commission / Public Utilities Code of the State of California
PUD-Planned Unit Development
~~~R~~~
RDA-Redevelopment Agency
RFP-Request for Proposal
RFQ-Request for Qualifications
RLUIPA-Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
ROW-Right of Way
RWQCB-Regional Water Quality Control Board
~~~S~~~
SB-Senate Bill
SF / SQ-FT-Square Feet (Foot)
SHC-Streets and Highways Code of the State of California
SLAP-Strategic Lawsuits Against Planners
SMA-Subdivision Map Act
SOV-Single Occupancy Vehicle Can you say "population control"?
SRO-Single Room Occupancy
~~~T~~~
TAC-Technical Advisory Committee
TAZ-Traffic Analysis Zone
TDM-Transportation Demand Management
TDR-Transfer of Development Rights
TIA-Traffic Impact Analysis
TIF-Tax Increment Financing
TIGER-Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding & Referencing TIP-Transportation Improvement Program
TOD-Transit Oriented Development
TOT-Transient Occupancy Tax
TSM-Transportation Systems Management
TUP-Temporary Use Permit
~~~U~~~
UBC-Uniform Building Code
UGB-Urban Growth Boundary
ULI-Urban Land Institute
USDA-United States Department of Agriculture
USFS-United States Forest Service
USFWS-United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS-United States Geological Survey
~~~V~~~
VMT-Vehicle Miles Traveled
VOC-Volatile Organic Compound
~~~W~~~
WCF-Wireless Communication Facility
WQMP-Water Qualtiy Management Plan
WRCB-Water Resources Control Board
WW?D-What Would (Insert Planning Director's First Name Initial Letter) Do? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
~~~Z~~~
ZA-Zoning Administrator
http://www.ies-apa.org/terms.asp