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Land Use Planning and Regulation Bodies
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Local government planning offices that gather information on existing physical, social and economic conditions; project future trends; examine alternative courses of action; and develop long and short-term land use plans to guide the growth and revitalization of urban, suburban and rural areas within the community. Planning staff promote effective use of the community's land and resources for residential, commercial, recreational and agricultural purposes; help local officials make decisions about social, economic and environmental problems; plan for the development of parks, schools, public housing and other infrastructure; and address traffic congestion, air pollution, water pollution and a wide variety of other issues that arise as a result of growth and change in a community.
Local government offices that are responsible for planning and conducting all survey activities for the jurisdiction; reviewing city/county annexations, plats and legal descriptions; and maintaining survey records. They perform boundary, topographical and property surveys of city/county properties, parks, recreational facilities, engineering improvements and land to be purchased and/or sold by/to the jurisdiction; maintain a depository and review process for plats of all surveys where property corner monuments were set to establish property boundaries; re-establish lost or obliterated section corner monuments (official survey marker locations established by the original surveyor working for the U.S. Congress); create and maintain a geographical mapping system showing voting, legislative, and school districts; develop and maintain a street centerline addressing system to assist the city/county in parcel identification, law enforcement response time, and verification of special project boundaries; maintain current and historical aerial photography maps of the area; and assist the general public with locating property surveys, historical research, general survey questions, and interpreting and understanding legal descriptions. Surveys record geographic conditions and manmade features as they currently exist including terrain, drainage, property boundaries and ownership, soil condition and other physical features.
State Land Use Planning Offices
State level planning bodies that enact legislation which provides a framework for land use planning throughout the state; delegates decision-making authority to the local legislative body in individual jurisdictions (usually the city/town council or board of supervisors); and establishes requirements for development of a general plan (also known as a comprehensive, master or official plan), specific/area plans (sometimes referred to as community, neighborhood or secondary plans), subdivision regulations and zoning ordinances within those jurisdictions. Although state law guides state and local authorities in making sustainable land use and development decisions, the state rarely becomes directly involved in local decision-making.