Glossary
- Adequate Public Facilities
Adequate public facilities ordinances prevent new construction until municipal services, including water, sewer, roads, and schools, are available to serve that development.
- Annexation
A change in existing community boundaries resulting from the incorporation of additional land.
- BMP
Best Management Practice; refers to the practice considered most effective to achieve a specific desired result for protection of water, air and land and to control the release of toxins.
- Brownfields
Unused industrial sites that are underutilized or not in active use, on land that is either contaminated or perceived as contaminated.
- Comprehensive Plan
Regional, state, or local documents that describe community visions for future growth. Comprehensive plans describe general plans and policies for how communities will grow and the tools that are used to guide land use decisions, and give general, long-range recommendations for community growth. Typical elements include, land use, housing, transportation, environment, economic development, and community facilities.