Chapter 18 Random Flashcards
Which one of the following is NOT a rationale for government regulation of land use?
(1) protection of property values
(2) public health and safety
(3) limiting the power of land developers
(4) conservation of natural resources
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The Health Act:
(1) establishes public health departments under federal jurisdiction that are responsible for maintaining the public health.
(2) is a statute through which the provincial government administers public garbage disposal in urban areas.
(3) provides that a local public health department may determine whether or not a subdivision of lands, not served by a municipal sewer system, can be adequately served by a septic tank system.
(4) All of the above statements are true.
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Which of the following is NOT within the powers granted to the Land Reserve Commission under the Agricultural Land Commission Act?
(1) The ability to exclude land from an agricultural land reserve.
(2) The ability to add land to the agricultural land reserve.
(3) The ability to pass regulations affecting agricultural reserve land.
(4) The ability to allow subdivision of agricultural reserve land.
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The Local Government Act creates three different levels of local law. Which of the following is NOT one of these levels of local law?
(1) local improvement district
(2) local enterprise zone
(3) regional district
(4) municipality
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Which of the following statements concerning government regulations of privately owned land is true?
(1) The provincial government and the federal government together have legislative authority over most privately owned land in Canada.
(2) The provincial governments have delegated their authority over privately owned land to local governments, and at present they retain no authority for regulating uses of privately owned land within the provinces.
(3) Local governments derive their powers to regulate privately owned land use from the provincial government and may only exercise the specific powers delegated to them.
(4) In British Columbia all local governments derive their authority to control privately owned land use from the Local Government Act.
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Which of the following are examples of legal non-conforming uses?
A. A basement suite in an area near a university which has been zoned for single family dwellings for over 20 years. The suite has been in existence for 15 years and the municipality is aware of it.
B. A 25 year old corner grocery which is located in an area where the original zoning was changed from multi-family to single family two years ago.
C. A long-established factory in an area which has just been rezoned from industrial to residential.
D. A ski rental shop operating for 5 months of the year in an area which has just been rezoned to residential.
(1) A and D are legal non-conforming uses.
(2) A, B and C are legal non-conforming uses.
(3) B and C are legal non-conforming uses.
(4) C and D are legal non-conforming uses.
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The use is discontinuesd for a period of six months (subject to normal seasonal and agricultural practices)
what does it mean to amend a zoning law?
means a change of the zoning district boundaries in relation to a specific parcel or parcels of land.
what is legal non conforming uses?
A legal non-conforming use occurs when the use of one’s land, building or structure is not permitted by the current zoning by-law, but was permitted by a previous by-law. Pursuant to section 34(9) of the Planning Act, no zoning by-law passed can be applied to prevent the continued use of a piece of land, building or structure if the land, building or structure was used lawfully for that purpose on the day the by-law was passed. The land, building or structure must be continuously used for that purpose.
The Relevancy of Legal Non-Conforming Uses
Section 34(9) of the Planning Act applies to prevent new municipal zoning by-laws from interfering with the continued legal use of one’s land, building or structure. Without this provision, land and business owners would have less stability and would be subject to all zoning by-law changes. However, restrictions on how a land owner can alter an existing legal non-conforming use aim to reduce or eliminate legal non-conforming uses in the long term.
what is local enterprise?
n enterprise zone is a geographic area that has been granted special tax breaks, regulatory exemptions, or other public assistance in order to encourage private economic development and job creation. They are used most often to promote the revitalization of a city neighborhood.
which of the following topics would not be found on an official community plan
- restrictions on the use of land that is subject to the hazardous conditions
- the location and phasing of major highways sewers and water lines
- the location amount type and density of residential development required to meet anticipated housing needs over the next year
- the location and type of present and proposed public fascilities
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