For the purpose of this chapter, the following acronyms and abbreviations shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act.
ALI CODE. American Law Institute’s Model Land Development Code.
AO. Airport Overlay (overlay zoning district).
AOD. Auto-Oriented District (zoning district).
APA. American Planning Association.
APFO. Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance.
ASHRAE/IESNA. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
BOC. Back of the curb.
BVR. Building volume ratio.
CC&Rs. Covenants, conditions and restrictions.
CFC. Chlorofluorocarbon.
C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations.
CG. Commercial General (zoning district).
CHD. Cottage housing development.
CIP. Capital Improvements Program.
CL. Commercial Large-Scale (zoning district).
CN. Commercial Neighborhood (zoning district).
CUP. Conditional use permit.
CWP. Center for Watershed Protection.
D. Downtown (zoning district).
DBH. Diameter breast height.
DVD. Digital video disc.
ECHO. Elder cottage housing opportunities.
EPU. Equivalent planting unit.
EU. Extractive Use (zoning district).
FAA. Federal Aviation Administration.
FAR. Floor area ratio.
FCC. Federal Communications Commission.
FEMA. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FHA. Fair Housing Act.
FIRM. Flood Insurance Rate Map.
GFA. Gross floor area.
GLA. Gross land area.
HEC. (United States Army Corps of Engineers) Hydrologic Engineering Center.
HFOP. Housing Facility for Older Persons.
HOA. Homeowners’ association.
HUD. (United States Department of) Housing and Urban Development.
HVAC. Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning.
HVAC&R. Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration.
IDA. International Dark-Sky Association.
IGA. Intergovernmental agreement.
IH. Industrial Heavy (zoning district).
IL. Industrial Light (zoning district).
IMP. Integrated management practice.
ISO. International Standards Organization.
ITE. Institute of Transportation Engineers.
JPA. Joint planning area.
LBCS. (American Planning Association’s) Land-Based Classification Standards.
LDC. Land Development Code.
LDR. Land development regulation.
LEED®. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
LID. Low-impact design.
LOS. Level of service.
LSR. Livability space ratio.
LUI. (United States Federal Housing Administration’s) land-use intensity (system).
MOU. Memoranda of Understanding.
MUTCD. (United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration’s) Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices.
MX. Mixed Use (zoning district).
NAHB. National Association of Home Builders.
NAICS. North American Industry Classification System.
NEC. National Electrical Code.
NFPA. National Fire Protection Agency.
NIMBY. Not In My Back Yard.
NP. Neighborhood Preservation (overlay zoning district).
NS. Neighborhood Suburban (zoning district).
NU. Neighborhood Urban (zoning district).
O. Office (zoning district).
OILSR. Office of Interstate Land Sales Registration.
OSR. Open space ratio.
PD. Planned Development (zoning district).
PI. Plasticity index.
PUD. Planned unit development.
RCD. Resource Conservation District.
RE. Residential Estate (zoning district).
RLUIPA. Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
RP. Resource Protection (zoning district).
RSR. Recreation space ratio.
RSWF. Regional storm water facility.
RSWMP. Regional storm water management program.
SCPEA. Standard City Planning Enabling Act.
SIC. Standard Industrial Classification.
SSF. Self-Storage Facility (zoning district).
SPEA. Standard City Planning Enabling Act.
SRI. Solar Reflective Index.
SZEA. Standard State Zoning Enabling Act.
TCA. Telecommunications Act.
TCR. Total car ratio.
TDM. Transportation Demand Management.
TDR. Transfer of development rights.
TIA. Traffic impact analysis.
TND. Traditional neighborhood development.
TOD. Transit-oriented development.
TOD-C. Transit-oriented development core.
TOD-P. Transit-oriented development periphery.
TOZ. Transit Overlay Zone.
UCCC. Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
UDO. Unified Development Ordinance.
UPS. United Parcel Service.
U.S.C. United States Code.
U.S.C.A. United States Code Annotated.
USDA. United States Department of Agriculture.
US EPA. United States Environmental Protection Agency.
USGBC. United States Green Building Council.
USGS. United States Geological Survey.
V/C. Volume-to-capacity (ratio).
VMT. Vehicle miles traveled.
ZLL. Zero lot line.
(Ord. 3020, passed 9-10-2013)