A topical index to MRSC's information resources.
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Topic Code Topic Title PL 0 All PL 0 Documents PL 0.0000 Planning - Periodicals PL 0.0001 Planning - Bibliographies PL 0.0002 Planning - Dictionaries, thesauri, guides PL 0.0003 Planning - Resource guides, directories, associations and organizations PL 0.0004 Planning - Forms, application forms PL 0.0005 Planning - Product catalogs, services PL 0.0006 Planning - Software applications PL 0.0007 Planning - Publications, publishers' blurbs PL 0.0008 Requests for proposals (RFP), requests for qualifications (RFQ), requests for information (RFI) PL 0.0009 Planning - General information RCW 36.70, RCW 35.63, RCW 35A.63 PL 1 All PL 1 Documents PL 1.0000 Theory and practice of planning PL 1.2000 History of urban planning PL 1.3000 Need for urban planning PL 1.4000 Planning goals, community visioning PL 1.5000 Planning procedures and studies PL 2 All PL 2 Documents PL 2.0000 Land use administration PL 2.0500 Regulatory reform of land use and development (ESHB 1724, Ch. 36.70B RCW, Ch. 347 Laws of 1995) PL 2.1000 Planning and related departments PL 2.1100 Procedures for land use administration, work programs, development code administration PL 2.1110 Land use application procedures, permit processing, development permits, projects in multiple jurisdictions PL 2.1120 Planning preapplication procedures PL 2.1122 Site plans, plot plans, site plan review PL 2.1125 Vested rights PL 2.1130 Notice of land use change, hearing notices PL 2.1140 Land use hearings PL 2.1150 Land use judicial review, appeals, procedures, Land Use Petition Act, LUPA (RCW 36.70C) PL 2.1160 Land use mediation, dispute resolution PL 2.1170 Enforcement of land use regulations PL 2.1300 Planning fees, development fees, land use fees PL 2.1350 Guarantees, security agreements, bonds, performance bonds, maintenance bonds PL 2.1360 Phased development, phasing of projects and improvements including subdivisions, PUDs PL 2.1400 Development agreements, linkage PL 2.1410 Transfer of development rights, TDR PL 2.1420 Impact fees, system development fees PL 2.2000 Planning commission, planning agency, powers PL 2.2100 Planning commission bylaws, rules of procedure PL 2.2200 Ordinances relating to planning commission PL 2.2400 Hearing procedures PL 2.3000 Board of adjustment, zoning board PL 2.4000 Hearing examiner PL 2.5000 Arts commission, art advisory board, cultural resources board, local arts agency PL 2.6000 Design commission, design review board, architectural review board PL 2.6500 Landmark and historic preservation commission PL 2.8000 Citizen participation in land use planning PL 2.8100 Planning councils, citizen advisory commissions, land use advisory commissions PL 3 All PL 3 Documents PL 3.0000 Planning approaches and levels of planning PL 3.1000 State planning PL 3.2000 Regional & metropolitan planning PL 3.2100 Regional planning agreements, resolutions PL 3.2200 Spheres of influence agreements, service boundaries PL 3.4000 Urban area planning PL 3.5000 Suburban planning PL 3.6000 Small town, city planning PL 4 All PL 4 Documents PL 4.0000 Community development, community building PL 4.1000 Model cities PL 4.3000 Rural planning & development PL 5 All PL 5 Documents PL 5.0000 Land use studies, policy planning, controls PL 5.1000 Land use classification PL 5.1300 Cost-revenue impact studies, fiscal impact analysis, cost of sprawl PL 5.2000 Land use inventories, land use ratios PL 5.2100 Residential and neighborhood planning PL 5.2110 Neighborhood associations, community councils PL 5.2150 Neighborhood preservation PL 5.2190 Business/office development, research parks, technology corridors PL 5.2200 Commercial PL 5.2210 Central business districts, downtowns, downtown revitalization, Main Street programs PL 5.2220 Sample central business district redevelopment/revitalization projects PL 5.2230 Shopping centers, including renovation of shopping centers, malls PL 5.2242 Warehouse clubs, discount chains, hypermarkets, factory outlets, big box retail PL 5.2300 Agricultural, farmland preservation, right to farm PL 5.2400 Industrial, manufacturing and related uses, industrial land inventories, industrial parks PL 5.2500 Transportation and land use, transportation links, park-and-ride lots, transit-oriented development PL 5.2700 Institutional facilities, medical facilities, public institutions PL 5.2800 Open space PL 5.2810 Acquisition, financing and disposition of open space, conservation futures PL 5.2811 Conservation easements PL 5.2812 Land trusts, land banks PL 5.2820 Greenbelts, greenways, conservation buffers PL 5.2900 Waterfront areas, harbors, waterways, riverfronts, riverfront corridors PL 5.3000 Land use monitoring, development capacity, carrying capacity, space needs, redevelopment potential, refill PL 5.3050 Buildable lands, buildout analysis PL 5.4000 Land use planning requirements PL 5.4100 Sensitive areas moved to EN 4.0000 PL 5.5000 Location standards, site planning PL 5.5500 Geological hazards, hillsides, steep slopes, landslide hazards, erosion control PL 5.6000 Land use controls PL 5.6100 Takings issue, property rights PL 5.6150 Referendum 48, Washington Initiative 164 (1995), Private Property Regulation Fairness Act PL 5.6200 Urban infill PL 5.7000 Natural resources, natural area preserves, conservation of natural resources, resource lands PL 5.7025 Minerals, soils, geological factors PL 5.7026 Quarries, sand, gravel pits, mines, mining PL 5.7050 Forest, forest preservation, RCW 70.90, forest practices, conversions PL 5.7200 Urban forest management PL 5.7210 Tree and natural landscape preservation, vegetation management PL 5.7230 Maintenance (bonding), planting, including care for diseased trees, Arbor Day celebrations PL 5.8000 Land use economics and tax policy PL 6 All PL 6 Documents PL 6.0000 Comprehensive land use plans and comprehensive planning PL 6.1000 Comprehensive planning administrative procedures, amending the plan, hearings, notices PL 6.1100 Sample policies and procedures for amending the comprehensive plan PL 6.1200 Comprehensive plan for annexed areas PL 6.1500 Comprehensive plan and plan update work programs, progress reports PL 6.2000 Elements of the comprehensive plan PL 6.2005 Capital facilities element PL 6.2010 Conservation element PL 6.2015 Cultural resources, historic preservation PL 6.2020 Design PL 6.2025 Economic development, tourism PL 6.2030 Housing PL 6.2035 Human resources PL 6.2040 Human services PL 6.2045 Land use PL 6.2050 Parks and recreation PL 6.2055 Rural PL 6.2100 Subarea planning, special areas, neighborhood plans, community plans PL 6.3000 Ordinances adopting the comprehensive plan and plan amendments PL 6.4000 Comprehensive land use plans and amendments for Washington cities PL 6.4050 Comprehensive land use plans and amendments for Washington counties PL 6.4100 Comprehensive land use plans for out of state PL 6.4200 Comprehensive plans for special districts, other Washington jurisdictions PL 6.5000 Comprehensive land use map PL 7 All PL 7 Documents PL 7.0000 Subdivision and platting PL 7.1000 Subdivision administrative procedures PL 7.1100 Plat application and approval, conditions PL 7.1200 Replatting, lot consolidation, aggregation PL 7.1300 Binding site plans PL 7.1600 Variance procedures for subdivisions PL 7.1700 Exceptions, lot line adjustment, boundary line adjustments PL 7.2000 Sample subdivision and platting ordinances PL 7.3000 Subdivision design requirements, platting standards PL 7.3200 Lot requirements, minimum lot size, nonconforming lots PL 7.3300 Short plats PL 7.3600 Cluster subdivisions, rural cluster development, flexible lot design PL 7.3800 Mobile, manufactured home subdivisions PL 7.4000 Requirements of subdivider, including exemptions PL 7.4100 Dedication, grading and paving of streets, street standards, access PL 7.4200 Sidewalk, curb, and gutter installation PL 7.4300 Subdivision requirements in support of schools, school impact fees PL 7.4400 Subdivision requirements relating to parks and recreation fee-in-lieu of dedication, park impact fees PL 7.4500 Subdivisions - Utilities PL 7.5000 Public property compliance with subdivision standards PL 7.6000 Rights and liabilities of subdividers and property owners PL 7.6100 Deed restrictions, private covenants, gated communities PL 8 All PL 8 Documents PL 8.0000 Zoning, including model ordinances PL 8.1000 Land use and zoning procedures PL 8.1400 Procedures for amending zoning ordinances, correction of errors PL 8.1500 Procedures for rezoning PL 8.1510 Sample rezoning ordinances PL 8.1700 Zoning policy for annexed areas, prezoning, preannexation zoning, (RCW 35.13.177, RCW 35.13.178, RCW 35A.14.330, RCW 35A.14.340) PL 8.2000 Zoning standards and regulations PL 8.2100 Permitted uses and structures, accessory uses PL 8.2200 Height regulations PL 8.2300 Floor area and bulk regulation, intensity rating system, oversized structures PL 8.2400 Set back, setbacks, yard, lot size, lot shape, zero lot line, flag lots, panhandle lots PL 8.2500 Off-street parking and load requirements, parking in residential yards PL 8.2600 Solar access, solar rights, solar easements PL 8.2700 Exterior lighting design standards, outdoor lighting design standards, ambient light, light pollution PL 8.3000 Types of zoning, innovations, incentives, form-based zoning PL 8.3100 Zoning districts PL 8.3110 Agricultural district, agricultural resource lands PL 8.3120 Commercial district, central business district, highway commercial district PL 8.3121 Neighborhood business, retail district PL 8.3122 Resort, tourist facilities PL 8.3123 Arts and entertainment district, theater district, cultural district PL 8.3130 Historical district, landmark district PL 8.3140 Industrial district PL 8.3150 Residential district, residential zoning PL 8.3151 Multifamily district PL 8.3152 Single-family district PL 8.3153 Home occupations PL 8.3160 Public use, public reserve district PL 8.3170 Waterfront district, marina district PL 8.3180 Mixed use, includes mixed-use planning, multiple use PL 8.3181 Overlay districts, special situation zones, floating zone PL 8.3200 Flood hazard management, including floodplain zoning, flood ordinances, flood mitigation [overall program to reduce the potential for flood damages] PL 8.3400 Strip zoning PL 8.3500 Density, density control PL 8.3620 Buffer and transitional zones PL 8.3630 Performance standards, performance zoning PL 8.3700 Zoning for specific types of facilities, LULU PL 8.3710 Public and community facilities, public service institutions, colleges and universities, schools, cultural facilities, NIMBY, essential public facilities, institutional zoning district, public zoning district PL 8.3711 Congregate housing, senior citizen housing, retirement communities PL 8.3720 Social services, emergency shelters, food banks PL 8.3721 Group homes, halfway houses, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities, congregate care PL 8.3722 Treatment housing for sex offenders, secure community less restrictive alternative (LRA) housing, secure residential treatment housing, secure community transition facilities, community transitional housing, community treatment housing PL 8.3725 Siting of telecommunication facilities, cellular communications, wireless communications antennas, TV and radio towers. PL 8.3726 Regulations governing satellite dishes, TV antennas, amateur radio antennas PL 8.3730 Technology zones, high tech offices, dot-coms PL 8.3740 Churches, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, RLUIPA PL 8.3742 Fast food restaurants, drive-in facilities, drive through facilities PL 8.3750 Mobile homes, manufactured housing PL 8.3751 Manufactured/mobile home parks design, including setbacks, ordinances zoning PL 8.3756 Mobile/manufactured homes on single family lots PL 8.3757 Temporary use of manufactured/mobile homes, recreational vehicles, watchman's quarters, caretaker's dwelling, temporary dwellings PL 8.3758 Recreational vehicle parks, RV park standards PL 8.3760 Day care facilities PL 8.3770 Condominiums, townhouses, rowhouses PL 8.3780 Impact of zoning on neighboring areas PL 8.3790 Public property compliance PL 8.3800 Nonconforming uses and amortization of PL 8.4000 Limitations on zoning power PL 8.4100 Spot zoning PL 8.4200 Contract, concomitant and conditional zoning PL 8.4300 Exclusionary zoning PL 8.5100 Variances PL 8.5200 Special use permits, exceptions, temporary use permits PL 8.5300 Conditional use permits, procedures PL 8.5310 Sample conditional use permits granted PL 8.6200 Growth management, Growth Management Act PL 8.6205 Growth Management Hearings Board PL 8.6210 Growth boundaries, urban growth areas, UGA, urban service areas PL 8.6220 Concurrency, concurrency management, adequate public facilities PL 8.6225 Levels of service, LOS standards PL 8.6230 Intergovernmental coordination, agreements, county-wide policies PL 8.6240 Growth phasing PL 8.6250 Development regulations consistent with comprehensive plan, consistency (zoning, subdivision, and other controls) PL 8.6270 Smart growth management, smart development PL 8.6300 Moratoria - zoning, development activities PL 8.6400 Interim zoning PL 8.6500 Down zoning, downzoning PL 8.7000 Comprehensive zoning ordinances, development regulations under GMA, unified development codes, unified development ordinances PL 8.7100 Zoning codes, out of state PL 8.8000 Zoning map PL 9 All PL 9 Documents PL 9.0000 Planned communities, new towns, town relocation PL 9.1000 New towns, fully contained communities PL 9.3000 Planned development, planned unit development, planned residential development, urban planned development, master-planned development, master-planned PL 9.3120 Administrative and application procedures PL 9.3140 Sample regulations, standards, criteria PL 9.3160 Sample ordinances approving specific planned unit developments PL 9.5000 Recreational communities, master planned resorts, destination resorts PL 10 All PL 10 Documents PL 10.0000 City design and appearance PL 10.1000 Aesthetics, beautification PL 10.1100 Artworks, art in public places programs, community art, murals, mural guidelines PL 10.1150 Funding of art works, one percent for arts program PL 10.1200 Landscaping, including site screening requirements, parking lots PL 10.1300 Preservation of scenic views, view protection, view preservation PL 10.3000 Historic preservation, archaeology, cultural resources PL 10.3100 Landmark preservation including plaques, heritage project funding PL 10.3200 State and national historic registers PL 10.4000 Design themes, design review, design review district, design standards, architectural control, facade design, entrances to city PL 10.4050 Design for safety, design for crime avoidance, defensible space, crime prevention through environmental design PL 10.4100 Pedestrian friendly design and development, pedestrian oriented design and development PL 11 All PL 11 Documents PL 11.0000 Urban development, urban renewal, urban conservation, Community Renewal Law (Ch. 35.81 RCW) PL 11.2000 Redevelopment planning PL 11.4000 Adaptive reuse of buildings, rehabilitation of schools, military base closures PL 12 All PL 12 Documents PL 12.0000 Capital improvement programs (CIP), capital facilities plans, guides, planning process PL 12.2000 CIP finance & budgeting, six-year financing plan PL 12.4000 Sample city CIPs and capital facilities plans PL 12.4100 Sample county CIPs and capital facilities plans PL 12.4200 Sample school district CIPs and capital facility plans PL 12.4300 Sample CIPs and capital facility plans from out-of-state other jurisdictions PL 14 All PL 14 Documents PL 14.0000 Community character, quality of life, healthy communities PL 14.1000 Sustainable communities, green land planning, green development, environmentally responsible planning PL 14.2000 Neotraditional planning, urban village, new urbanism, traditional neighborhood development (TND) PL 14.3000 Rural character