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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL

1-1. Functions of Land Planning Personnel 1-1

1-2. Field Personnel 1-1

1-3. Land Planning Personnel Functions in Field Offices 1-1

1-4. Types of Professional Land Planning Personnel 1-2

1-5. Periodic Trips 1-3

1-6. Duplicate Subdivision File 1-3

1-7. Transmittal of Work to Assigned Land Planner 1-3

1-8. Practice and Instructions of Originating Office 1-4

1-9. Work Facilities 1-4

1-10. Regional and Headquarters Assistance 1-4

1-11. Central Office Technical Assistance 1-5

CHAPTER 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES

2-1. Purpose 2-1

2-2. Application of Special Subdivision Procedures 2-1

2-3. Scope of Subdivision Analysis 2-1

2-4. Coordination of Functions 2-1

CHAPTER 3. COORDINATION WITH LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES

3-1. General 3-1

3-2. Local Coordinating Agreement 3-1

3-3. Highway Program 3-1

3-4. Problems of the Relationship of Housing Proposals to

the Highway Program 3-2

3-5. Subdivision Design Stage 3-2

3-6. Right-of-Way 3-3

3-7. Coordination wlth Veterans Administration 3-3

CHAPTER 4. SPECIALIZED LAND PLANNING ANALYSES

4-1. Need for Specialized Analyses 4-1

4-2. Need or Advisability of Seeking Specialized Land

Planning Advice 4-1

4-3. Heavy Analysis Workloads 4-3

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4-4. HUD-FHA Suggested Revised Plans 4-2

4-5. Land Planning Review 4-6

4-6. Subdivision File 4-6

4-7. Land Suitability Analysis 4-6

4-8. Planning Advice on Premature Subdivisions 4-7

CHAPTER 5. LAND PLANNING IN FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS

5-1. General 5-1

5-2. Site Engineering Analysis 5-2

5-3. Sanitary Engineering Analysis 5-3

5-4. Community Planning Analysis 5-3

CHAPTER 6. PRECONSTRUCTION SUBDIVISION ANALYSIS

6-1. Purpose and General Procedure 6-1

6-2. Site Engineering Analysis 6-3

CHAPTER 7. LAND PLANNING IN CONSTRUCTION STAGE

7-1. Consultation on Construction Inspection 7-1

CHAPTER 8. LOCAL PLANNING AND ENGINEERING ASSISTANCE

8-1. Local Requests for Planning Advice 8-1

8-2. Limited Advice Given 8-1

8-3. Form of Correspondence 8-1

8-4. Further Assistance 8-1

CHAPTER 9. NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS

9-1. Land Development with Controlled Earthwork 9-1

9-2. Street Improvement Standards 9-1

CHAPTER 10. PROCESSING FOR PLANNED - UNIT DEVELOPMENTS (PUD)

10-1. Processing 10-1

10-2. Servicing Insured Loans 10-7

10-3. The Common Area

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10-4. Pre-Sales 10-9

10-5. Information Brochure 10-10

10-6. Legal Documents 10-11

10-7. Interdepartmental Cooperation 10-14

CHAPTER 11. LAND PLANNING DATA

11-1. Nature and Purpose of Land Planning Data 11-1

11-2. Responsibility for Land Planning Data 11-1

11-3. Locality Data 11-2

11-4. Land Improvement Cost Data 11-3

11-5. Land Planning Library of Basic References 11-3

11-6. Miscellaneous Land Planning Data 11-4

APPENDIXES

1\. Instructions for use of Legal documents for Planned Unit

Developments

2\. Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions

3\. Articles of Incorporation

4\. By-Laws of Association

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FOREWORD

This Handbook provides HUD staff and program participants with Land

Planning Policies and Procedures to be applied under Section 203(b), the

basic home mortgage insurance program of the National Housing Act.

As used in this text, Land Planning includes a variety of specialized

disciplines such as landscape architecture, sanitary engineering,

site planning, community planning, and civil engineering. The Land

and Environment Staff, Office of Technical and Credit, Standards,

Central Office is responsible for preparing all technical instructions.

Applicability: The contents of this handbook are those rules,
regulations

and policy matters in effect as of March 1973.

References:

\(1\) Data Sheet 79G - Land Development with Controlled Earthwork

\(2\) 4140.1 - Land Planning Principles

\(3\) 415021 - Valuation

\(4\) 4160.1 - Reconsideration Before Endorsement

\(5\) 4155.1 - Mortgage Credit

\(6\) 4165.1 - Insurance Endorsement

\(7\) 203.402(j) - Regulation

\(8\) FHA G 4518.1 \*(4940.3) - Minimum Design Standards for

Community Sewerage Systems

\(9\) Handbook 4135.1 - Subdivision Analysis and Procedures

\(10\) (Technical Bulletin 50) - Urban Land Institute Homes Association

Handbook

\(11\) 4145.1 - Architectural Processing and Inspections for Home

Mortgages

\(12\) 4115.1 - Administrative Instructions and Procedures - Home

Mortgages

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\* The information in parenthesis indicates the location of the
referenced

material in the new classification system.

Cancellations: This Handbook cancels Volume VII, Book 1, Part II,

Sections 5 and 6, Land Planning Procedures and Data of the FHA Manual.

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