Increase consistency among municipal, county, state and regional plans, and between regulatory, investment and planning programs at all levels. Establish alternate dispute resolution to resolve land use disputes. Promote effective public participation in the planning process. It gets the process out of the courts. It focuses discussion on the need for a more streamlined permit process for business to be competitive.
Public input is limited to conceptual planning steps and made more difficult.
It shifts the emphasis from the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens to the health, safety and welfare of the economy. It restricts the public input which promotes the evolution of the planning process. It does not coordinate the process on the state level or even encourage coordination among agencies that do not work together. The timing outlined for the permit process is skewed. It does not advance the State Plan as it focuses on development on green fields rather than redeveloping existing areas.