C1U15 Government Control of Land Use Flashcards
Land-use policies and goals are established through:
a. the general plan
b. the subdivision report
c. the preliminary report
d. the notice of intention
a. the general plan
The general plan must consider:
a. housing at current market rates
b. only present land uses and hazards
c. the needs of all applicants for development permits
d. housing at all income levels
d. housing at all income levels
Planning for future development does NOT include consideration of:
a. solid waste management
b. conservation of natural resources
c. safety
d. Contractors’ License Law
d. Contractors’ License Law
Zoning ordinances are an exercise of a government’s:
a. power of eminent domain
b. power of condemnation
c. police power
d. judicial power
c. police power
A property owner deprived by a zoning ordinance of the privileges enjoyed by owners of other property in the vicinity may apply for:
a. a conditional use permit
b. a variance
c. a master plan exception
d. a nonconforming use permit
b. a variance
Land may be subdivided for purposes of:
a. sale
b. lease
c. financing
d. all of these
d. all of these
The Subdivided Lands Law applies to subdivisions of land into:
a. 2 or more parcels
b. 5 or more parcels
c. 12 or more parcels
d. 25 or more parcels
b. 5 or more parcels
An out-of-state subdivider of California land:
a. must procure a public report
b. need not procure a public report
c. can decide whether or not to procure a public report
d. needs a public report only to finance a California subdivision
a. must procure a public report
A standard subdivision includes:
a. single-family residences and condominiums
b. no common interests
c. only residential property
d. no irregularly shaped parcels
b. no common interests
A subdivision consisting of individually owned lots as well as areas owned in common is:
a. a planned development
b. a community apartment project
c. a condominium project
d. a stock cooperative project
a. a planned development
A subdivision consisting of individual ownership of airspace and areas owned in common is:
a. a planned development
b. a community apartment project
c. a condominium project
d. a stock cooperative project
c. a condominium project
A corporation holds title to property and shareholders having a right of occupancy to part of the property own the corporation in:
a. a planned development
b. a community apartment project
c. a condominium project
d. a stock cooperative project
d. a stock cooperative project
The subdivision public report is issued by:
a. the advisory agency
b. the planning commission
c. the Real Estate Commissioner
d. the California Bureau of Real Estate
c. the Real Estate Commissioner
A final subdivision public report has an initial term of:
a. one year
b. two years
c. four years
d. five years
d. five years
The Subdivision Map Act allows:
a. the state to have a say in how property is subdivided
b. local jurisdictions to determine whether a subdivision is desirable
c. developers to dictate how subdivision will take place
d. neighboring landowners to petition to have land subdivided
b. local jurisdictions to determine whether a subdivision is desirable
