plan/zoning in in nearly all use plan/zoning the land use cases. in some plan/zoning. practice 1.4 1.4.1 Roles and Clearly defined Not fully defined, Not clearly 1 for all land use and/or defined defined in responsibilities types in for some but not government are defined responsible for documents all land use documents. land use accessible on types, and/or not planning and government fully accessible in management website, without government confusion in documents responsibilities and/or with (e.g. from confusion in overlaps). responsibilities. 1.4.2 Have 1+2 Guidance (please delete): Evidence for this rating may be provided responsible responsible by published evidence in the form of institutional budget indicating resources for for land use for land use responsible for level of resources available for on-site inspection, surveillance and implementation planning and planning and land use enforcement (for Level 1) and/or through confidential surveys of management management planning and people directly involved in implementation of land use regulations have sufficient have limited management do and people affected by them (for Level 2). The justification should budget and budget and/or not have budget provide information on the number of people surveyed from personnel for personnel for or personnel for different stakeholder groups and organizations and should explain inspection, inspection, on-site how bias was avoided and confidentiality maintained. surveillance and surveillance and inspection, enforcement enforcement surveillance and which reduces enforcement or effective the effectiveness no published implementation. of information implementation. exists and/or implementation is greatly affected by lack of resources. 1.4.3 Enforce Enforcement of Enforcement of Enforcement of 1+2 Guidance (please delete): Evidence for this rating may be provided compliance with compliance with compliance with by records of infractions and fines or other penalties levied or by land use land use land use land use reports of surveillance conducted (for Level 1) and/or through regulations regulations is regulations is regulations is confidential surveys of people outside government directly involved regularly sometimes rarely in land use activities (for Level 2). For Level 2, the justification conducted conducted conducted should provide information on the number of people surveyed from throughout the and/or only in and/or different stakeholder groups and organizations and should explain jurisdiction for all some parts of how bias was avoided and confidentiality maintained.
plan/zoning in practice in nearly all cases. use plan/zoning in some the land use plan/zoning. 1.4 responsible for land use planning and management 1.4.1 Roles and responsibilities are defined Clearly defined for all land use types in documents accessible on government website, without confusion in responsibilities (e.g. from overlaps). Not fully defined, and/or defined for some but not all land use types, and/or not fully accessible in government documents and/or with confusion in responsibilities. Not clearly defined in government documents. 1 1.4.2 Have resources for implementation responsible for land use planning and management have sufficient budget and personnel for inspection, surveillance and enforcement effective implementation. responsible for land use planning and management have limited budget and/or personnel for inspection, surveillance and enforcement which reduces the effectiveness of implementation. responsible for land use planning and management do not have budget or personnel for on-site inspection, surveillance and enforcement or no published information exists and/or implementation is greatly affected by lack of resources. 1+2 Guidance (please delete): Evidence for this rating may be provided by published evidence in the form of institutional budget indicating level of resources available for on-site inspection, surveillance and enforcement (for Level 1) and/or through confidential surveys of people directly involved in implementation of land use regulations and people affected by them (for Level 2). The justification should provide information on the number of people surveyed from different stakeholder groups and organizations and should explain how bias was avoided and confidentiality maintained. 1.4.3 Enforce land use regulations Enforcement of compliance with land use regulations is regularly conducted throughout the jurisdiction for all Enforcement of compliance with land use regulations is sometimes conducted and/or only in some parts of Enforcement of compliance with land use regulations is rarely conducted and/or 1+2 Guidance (please delete): Evidence for this rating may be provided by records of infractions and fines or other penalties levied or by reports of surveillance conducted (for Level 1) and/or through confidential surveys of people outside government directly involved in land use activities (for Level 2). For Level 2, the justification should provide information on the number of people surveyed from different stakeholder groups and organizations and should explain how bias was avoided and confidentiality maintained.
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