NIMBY acronyms
NIMTOO Not in my term of office
LULU’s Locally unaccepted land uses
NIABY Not in anybody’s backyard
NIMBL Not in my bottom line
NOPE Not on planet earth
CAVE Citizens against virtually everything
BANANA Build absolutely nothing at or near anyone
www.gov.ns.ca
A list of planning terms that would sound very provocative if voiced by R&B legend Barry White
Brown Act
CEQA
Density Bonus
Downzone
EIR
Impact Fees
LAFCO
Neg Dec
PUD
Prezoning
Definitions can be found at www.ceres.ca.gov
Top anti-development web site results from a ‘Save the …’ search
Save the Rainforest
Save the Bay
Save the Redwoods
Save the Trees
Save the Dunes
Save the River
Save the 76 Ball
www.google.com
Search asking ‘What does ADR stand for?’
Adverse Drug Reaction
Average Daily Rate
Administrative Dispute Resolution
Alzheimer’s Disease Review
Ammunition Disposition Request
Architectural Design Review
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
www.thefreedictionary.com
Zoning terms developed in the last few decades
Flexible Zoning
Form Based Zoning
Incentive Zoning
Inclusionary Zoning
Overlay Zoning
Performance Zoning
www.apa.org
Results from an Avery Index search of ‘design + review’
8 records related to San Francisco
4 records related to Seattle
1 record related to Santa Barbara
Example of a title of one of these articles:
“Aesthetics by Legislation: San Francisco’s Attempt to Preserve its Image,” by Mitchell Schwarzer, Crit, Fall 1986
Last journal to dedicate an entire issue to the subject of design review:
Arcade, Spring 2003
http://library.cca.edu
Some quotations about committees in general
“A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.” David Coblitz
“Committee: a group of people who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.” Fred Allen
“There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.” Lester J. Pourciau
“To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent.” Robert Copeland
“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.” Sir Barnett Cocks
www.quotationspage.com
Follow-up: big box beats modern icon
We reported in arcCA 06.3, “Preserving Modernism,” that IBM Building 25 in San Jose, designed by John Bolles, FAIA, in the late 50s, was the subject of a California Preservation Foundation lawsuit against Lowe’s, which plans to demolish the structure. Lowe’s has prevailed (after two court rulings and two votes by the San Jose City Council), but as part of an agreement with the city must contribute $300,000 toward historic preservation projects.
www.mercurynews.com
Originally published 2nd quarter 2007 in arcCA 07.2, “Design Review.”
