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NewsNew Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans May Cause Some To Rethink How They BuildSeptember 17, 2007 San Diego, CA - On Tuesday, September 11, the Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana District Council hosted a panel discussion about the process of designing airport land use compatibility plans (ALUCPs) and how they will affect what developers can build on property near airports. San Diego Regional Airport Authority chairman Alan Bersin moderated the presentation, featuring Steve Alexander, the Steve Alexander Group and Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (ALUCP) Technical Advisory Group (ATAG) facilitator; Rich Beach, Pilot; Tait Galloway, City of San Diego Airport Planner; Linda Johnson, San Diego Regional Airport Authority Airport Planner; Paul Robinson, Esq., Hecht Solbert et al.; C. Laura Thornton, Community Plans and Liaison Officer for MCAS-Miramar; John Ziebarth, Ziebarth & Associates. The compatibility plans, which are already complete for six of San Diego's rural airports, focus on promoting safety on the ground and in the air surrounding airport sites. Local jurisdictions are tasked with integrating the ALUCPs into other existing plans and restrictions. Once completed, the plans will apply only to new development projects not yet in the approval pipeline, and cities can choose to make project-specific exceptions if they think it prudent. Additionally, local jurisdictions can choose to adopt just some parts of the ALUCP, "as long as the intent of the document is put into policy and zoning," said Galloway. Property owners anxious about their land depreciating or who may be uncertain about what to plan for their land have resources available to them. "Look at the plans and what's already been approved for the rural airport areas," advised Ziebarth. "These will give you some insight into what's coming for the urban airports." Johnson added that developers can contact the San Diego Regional Airport Authority to get an idea of what might be feasible building designs for their land if they won't have their projects in the pipeline before the plans take effect. The panelists agreed that having many disparate points of view represented through the members of ATAG, though frustrating at first, resulted in plans that take into account many stakeholder concerns while also accomplishing the objective of promoting safety for people, property and aircraft around airport sites. Several panelists felt that San Diego's ALUCPs will become a model for the rest of the state. About ULI # # # |
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