urp 337 study questions 3

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
URP 337/337L Planning Public Infrastructure Spring 1999 (Urey)

Study questions for readings
for 19 April 1999

J. Barry Cullingworth, "Development Charges," Chapter 6 in The Political Culture of Planning (New York: Routledge, 1993), 76-83.
Robert Burchell, David Listikin, William Dolphin, et al. "Shared infrastructure costs" Chapter 10 in Development Impact Assessment Handbook: (Urban Land Institute, 1994), 163-78.

Vocabulary words: rational nexus, tenet, dissension, two meanings of equity

J. Barry Cullingworth, "Development Charges"

Cullingworth introduces his chapter by asking which of three groups should pay for new infrastructure. Who are the three groups?
How does Cullingworth distinguish between a development charge, a development dedication, and an impact fee?
What is the "crux of the matter" in the determination of impact fees?
How does the Nollan case relate to issues of who should pay for infrastructure?
Compare incremental investment to lumpy investment (especially invovling excess capacity)
How do linkage rules or inclusionary zoning require developers to create things that might not be seen as infrastructure, for example low income housing?

Robert Burchell, David Listikin, William Dolphin, et al, "Shared infrastructure costs"

What is meant by "rational nexus?"
How does the test for rational nexus fit "midway" between tests for a "reasonable relationship" and "specifically and uniquely attributable?" (Not in a legal decision way, but in a conceptual way).
How would you evaluate whether or not there is linkage between an exaction and the marginal capital improvement that justifies it?
How would you evaluate proportionality between an exaction and the benefit it creates?
What are some of the main issues of fairness?

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