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A
| AADT |
Average Annual Daily Traffic |
| AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| ACOE |
American Corp. of Engineers |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADT |
Average Daily Traffic |
| AOC |
Area of Concern |
| AICP |
American Institute of Certified Planners |
| APA |
American Planning Association |
B
| BANANA |
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything |
| BID |
Business Improvement District |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| BOCA |
Building Officials and Code Administrators |
C
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CAFRA |
Costal Area Facility Review Act |
| CATV |
Cable Television |
| CBD |
Central Business District |
| CCO |
Continuing Certificate of Occupancy |
| CCRC |
Continuing Care Retirement Community |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CFS |
Cubic Feet per Second |
| CIP |
Capital Improvements Program |
| CO |
Certificate of Occupancy |
| COAH |
Council On Affordable Housing |
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D
| D&R |
Decisions and Resolutions |
| DRC |
Design Review Committee |
E
| EOP |
Edge of Pavement |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| ELCO |
Electric Company |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
F
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAR |
Floor Area Ratio |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FHA |
Federal Housing Administration |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FIRE |
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate |
G
| GDP |
General Development Plan |
| GFA |
Gross Floor Area |
| GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
| GPD |
Gallons Per Day |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
H
| HOA |
Home Owners Association |
| HOV |
High Occupancy Vehicle |
| HUD |
US Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| HVAC |
Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning |
I
| ISTEA |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act |
| ITE |
Institute of Transportation Engineers |
L
| LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
| LOS |
Level of Service |
| LSRP |
Licensed Site Remediation Professional |
M
| MGD |
Million Gallons per Day |
| MLUL |
Municipal Land Use Law |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area |
N
| NAHB |
National Association of Home Builders |
| NAICS |
North American Industrial Classification System |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Protection Agency |
| NFIP |
National Flood Insurance Program |
| NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act |
| NIMBY |
Not In My Back Yard |
| NJAPA |
New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NJOPA |
New Jersey Office for Planning Advocacy |
| NJOSP |
New Jersey Office Of Smart Growth |
| NORC |
Naturally Occuring Retirement Community |
| NJPO |
New Jersey Planning Officials |
| NRI |
Natural Resource Inventory |
P
| PPB |
Parts per Billion |
| PPM |
Parts per Million |
| PQ |
Property in Question |
| PUD |
Planned Unit Development |
| PURD |
Planned Unit Residential Development |
R
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| RFQ |
Request for Qualifications |
| RLUIPA |
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act |
| ROW |
Right of Way |
| RSIS |
Residential Site Improvement Standards |
| RV |
Recreational Vehicle |
S
| SLAPP |
Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation |
| SOB |
Sexually Oriented Business |
| SOV |
Single Occupancy Vehicle |
T
| TDR |
Transfer of Development Rights |
| TEA-21 |
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
| TELCO |
Telephone Company |
| TOD |
Transit Oriented Development |
| TW/BW |
Top of Wall / Bottom of Wall |
| TYP |
Typical |
U
| USDA |
US Department of Agriculture. |
| USFS |
US Forest Service |
| USFWS |
US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
US Geological Survey |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator Grid |
Z
| ZBA |
Zoning Board of Adjustment |
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