Growing Neighborhoods in Growing Corridors: Land Use Planning for Highway Noise
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2008-03-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:1098908
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Edition:Final report
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NTL Classification:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land Use;
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Abstract:This document aims to provide technical assistance to local authorities that wish to consider noise as an integral part of land use planning decisions. It provides tools to help local planning staffs and policy makers consider noise impacts as a routine part of their development regulations and review processes. Montanans tend to want economic development, and many areas of the state are getting it. People move here, in part, to get away from the hectic pace of bigger cities. With development, the potential for conflicts between traffic noise and noise-sensitive land uses is almost certain to increase. Meeting the traffic noise challenge, while developing attractive communities and essential transportation corridors, will require sustained action at the state and local levels. Cooperative efforsts and actions to avoid highway traffic noise problems are smart for residents, local governments, and the state. This toolkit was developed to help local governments address the challenges of highway noise. The local basis for addressing noise may be found in local planning goals and objectives that are common elements of local policies that ddress public health, safety and wefare, and general quality of life. Integrating noise as a regulatory or programmatic consideration in local land use planning is likely to require modification of local policies and programs. This document profices model language that may be considered for integration into growth policies, subdivision regulations, zoning regulations, and land acquisition efforts. The Montanan Department of Transportation crafted this guide because highway noise issues are very likely to become more significant in many areas of the state, and because state and federal agencies cannot address them all. Local decision makers are likely to become increasingly responsible for noise impacts arising from land use decisions. /Abstract from report summary page/
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