| Tool | Issues Addressed | Considerations | Examples |
| Adequate Public Facilities Standards Controls the timing and location of new development by coordinating development permits with the availability of public facilities to serve the development. New developments are not permitted unless the public facilities needed to serve the project are already in place or can be provided by the developer. |
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Guides For Implementing This Tool
Georgia Quality Growth Partnership
The Adequate Public Facilities Standards tool includes step-by-step guides for implementation, considerations about costs, administrative requirements, and example ordinances or similar materials that may be used for putting approaches into practice.
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/intra_nonpub/Toolkit/Guides/AdqutPF.pdf
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)
Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) Program
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Growth Management Planning Application Class of The University of Virginia
Growth Management Toolbox - This web page was designed by the Growth Management planning application class of the University of Virginia. Its purpose is to provide information about growth management so that cities, counties, regions, and states are better prepared to grow smartly in the new millennium. This web site has been graciously hosted by the Preservation of Alliance of Virginia and developed under the supervision of the University of Virginia. We hope that the information found on this site may be of use to everyone. (Chair of the Urban and Environmental Planning Department: Bruce Dotson
Instructor: Kat Imhoff)
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Model Ordinances
Model Ordinance - City of Zephyrhills, FL
Land Development Code – an ordinance
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/OITDSShared/asp/NavDisclaimer.asp?Leaving=GQGP&GoToURL=http://www.ci.zephyrhills.fl.us/pdf/LDC/Article_V_Adequate_Public_Facilities.pdf
Aids For Visualizing This Tool
Adequate Public Facility Standards are designed to control the timing and location of new development by coordinating local development permits with the availability of public facilities to serve the development. Each new development proposal is then evaluated for its likely impact upon these established service levels.
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Georgia Implementation Examples
Lowndes County, GA - The city restricts urban services to its city limits and does not allow development projects to be annexed into the city unless the proposed development could not be accommodated on vacant areas within the current city limits, and there is adequate public facility capacity available to support the annexation.
Implementation Examples Outside Georgia
Maryland - Montgomery County, Maryland's comprehensive land use regulations require new developers to demonstrate, prior to receiving a building permit, that the new development will not reduce the level of service below the standards set for certain levels of local services. The county's level of service standards are established in the county's Annual Growth Policy report. If new development threatens to reduce the level of service for any given facility below the applicable standard, the developer is denied a building permit. The level of service standards are defined differently for each facility type.
Minnesota - In Minneapolis-St. Paul, the urban service area boundary is drawn based on a calculation of the 10-year capacity to support new growth. Local planners base the location of the boundary on their employment and population projections for the region. Maintenance of the Twin Cities' urban service boundary is supplemented by regulatory controls that encourage infill development within the urban service area and discourage new development outside it. The urban service area boundary is reconsidered every five years.
Other Resources
Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances: An Emerging Solution to School Overcrowding in North Carolina
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/OITDSShared/asp/NavDisclaimer.asp?Leaving=GQGP&GoToURL=http://www.mpa.unc.edu/faculty/capstone/bestexamples/ray04042000.pdf
City of Woodinville, WA
CHAPTER 21.28 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS - ADEQUACY OF PUBLICFACILITIES AND SERVICES
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/OITDSShared/asp/NavDisclaimer.asp?Leaving=GQGP&GoToURL=http://www.ci.woodinville.wa.us/documents/Standards/ZC281101.pdf
Georgia Development Impact Fee Act (GDIFA)
Overview of Requirements
In Georgia, use of impact fees by local governments is subject to the very explicit requirements of the Georgia Development Impact Fee Act (O.C.G.A. 36-71).
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/intra_nonpub/Toolkit/OtherResources/GaDevtImFeeAct.pdf
Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association
Virginia’s Growth Management Tools
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