DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE
Regulatory Process and Infrastructure Provision
Evaluate the elements of the regulatory process that impact the form, entitlement, and financial performance of property developments and investments, and alternative methods and techniques to provide cost-effective infrastructure provision
This part of development can halt a project if not completely understood. This process can differ depending on the city, county, special district, or state you are developing in. All places have different laws, ordinances, and guidelines that must be followed in order to create a development that reflects the community it is created in. We are taught of the different codes and regulations that control how a development proceeds, like Design Guidelines, Zoning Code, and Subdivision Regulations. There are also many acts that must be kept in mind and followed in order to create a safe and environmentally friendly development. These include, but are not limited to CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan), Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act. We are also taught of the paperwork that must cycle through the governmental system in order for parts of the development process to be approved like gaining plat approval, re-zoning, entitlements, exactions (land dedications), plans (concept and site), permits, and facilities agreements.
While at Brookfield Residential I got to be apart of the Architectural Control Committee where I had to review the set Design Guidelines, and approved construction documents and materials sent in by builders. I kept in contact with builders in our development and would either approve or reject applications to commence building on a particular lot. I explain and show examples of this in my Critical Thinking Skills and Values page.
The below assignments were completed for my LDEV 661(Development and the Environment) and LDEV 668(Land Development Practice) courses. The first assignment was a facilities agreement (to right) that I reviewed and summarized (to left) for the LDEV 661 course. The assignment below that, for LDEV 668, is a residential layout design that needed to be completed using the guidelines we had learned for this development. We were given a plot of land that needed to be subdivided into as many lots as possible, but still following the rules of residential design development. There are parts that now I wish I could go back and tell my past self to fix from what I have learned since then and seeing other ideas that were shown in class. This still was a great introduction and practice in what it can be like to try designing from a blank piece of land.