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Twin Cities Metropolitan Council Publishes 'Local Planning Handbook'

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Todd Graham
11 October 2005 - 1:00pm

The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council of local governments publishes a web-based "Local Planning Handbook" to guide planners in the seven-county metropolitan area through the preparation and updating of their city and county comprehensive plans.

The handbook features:

  • Concise and readable language
  • Links to numerous online resources, including the latest forecasts and data
  • New forms, worksheets and templates
  • Clear indications of which plan elements are required, recommended or optional
  • An extensive glossary of planning terms
  • Step-by-step descriptions of the comprehensive plan preparation, review and adoption processes

    The templates and worksheets ensure that information can be submitted in an acceptable form. In addition, the worksheets ease many planning calculations. For example, one worksheet provides a quick and easy way to calculate sewage flow based on housing density.

    (Handbook documents and chapters are in Adobe PDF format.)

    • Full Story: About the Council’s Local Planning Handbook
    Source: Metropolitan Council DIRECTIONS, October 11, 2005
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