An AICP planner, working in a public agency, is reviewing site plan applications when they notice that many of the applicants are checking the box marked “no new surface water runoff.” The planner knows, based on the site plans, that most of these projects feature new parking lots, increasing runoff into nearby lakes. The planner reports this to their supervisor, also AICP, who tells the planner to simply accept what the applicants are saying. According to the AICP Code of Ethics, what should the planner do?
Submit