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13-36 THE LAW OF ZONING AND PLANNING § 13.06
<br /> • capacity of main roads to accommodate anticipated growths+
<br /> § 13.06 Planning Public Infrastructure
<br /> [11 Capital Improvements Planning and Programming
<br /> The capital improvements allocation process can provide a coor-
<br /> dinating function for infrastructure provision.' Capital im-
<br /> provements programming (CIP) is the multi-year scheduling of
<br /> public physical improvements.= Preparation of a CIP includes
<br /> iden-
<br /> tification of proposed capital items, estimation of costs, determina-
<br /> tion of financing methods, and scheduling acquisition or
<br /> 54 see, e.g., City of Hollywood v. Hollywood, Inc.,432 So. 2d 1332, at 1335-36
<br /> (sustaining findings of inadequate traffic capacity of coastal roads);Tartan Dev.Corp.
<br /> v.Montgomery County Planning Bd.,Law Nos.63708,63718(Md.Cir.Ct.Montgom-
<br /> ery County,Nov.29,1983)(sustaining finding by Planning Board's transportation staff
<br /> that projected impacts from approving 203-lot subdivision plan would create unac-
<br /> ceptable levels of service at"critical intersections'.
<br /> I See, e.g.,District Land Corp. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm'n, 292
<br /> A.2d 695, 699-702 (Md. 1972) (water and sewerage requirements linked to capital
<br /> facilities program); Golden v. Planning Bd., 30 N.Y.2d 359, 334 N Y S 2d 138, 285
<br /> N.E.2d 291,294-95,appeal dismissed,409 U.S. 1003(1972).Ramapo's capital budget•
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<br /> provided for development improvements pursuant to the master plan for the next six
<br /> years;its capital program provided for the location and sequence of additional capital
<br /> improvements for the 12 years following the life of the capital budget.Id.See general-
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<br /> ly J.Matzer,ed.,Capital Financing Strategies for Local Government(1983);J.Nicho-
<br /> las,ed.,The Changing Structure of Infrastructure Finance(1985).Cetzels&Thurow,
<br /> Local Capital Improvements and Development Management: Analysis and Case
<br /> Studies 2-3(1980);Deutch,"Capital Improvements as Land Use Control Devices,"9
<br /> Envtl.L 61 (1978);Stone,"The Prevention of Urban Sprawl Through Utility Exten-
<br /> sion Control," 14 Urb. Law. 357,373-77(1982).
<br /> 2 A capital improvement typically includes new or expanded physical facilities that
<br /> are relatively large, expensive and permanent.
<br /> 3 See,e.g., District Land Corp. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm'n.,292
<br /> A.2d 695, 699 (Md. 1972) future construction of water and sewer lines bound by
<br /> current Cl?).See generally So,"Planning and Urban Development,"in Urban Public
<br /> Works Administration 110 (Korbitz ed. 19761. See gen.-;lly Deutch, "Capital Im-
<br /> provement Controls as Land Use Control Del::.2s,"9 _ .,mental Law 61 (1978);
<br /> Getzels &Thurow, supra at 7-12; So, "Finance and
<br /> Local Government Planning 115 (So et al. eds. 19:: . ooertts, "n Funding Capitalof
<br /> Facilities:How Community Planning Can Help,"in Tnc;;nangingStructure ofInfras-
<br /> tructure Finance 1,11 (Nicholas,ed.,1986).[A capital improvements program)"is an
<br /> annually compiled schedule of public construction activity covering the next five or
<br /> six years,stating what public improvements will be built,where they will be built,and
<br /> when,along with the costs,sources of funding,and other pertinent information."Id.
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