Codes & Regulations Flashcards

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Ordinance

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Municipal law

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Code

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Rules and regulations

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Building Code

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To protect public safety

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Subdivision regulations

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Control manner in which block of land of a certain size can be converted into building lots.

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Zoning

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Specify what can be constructed and what uses are allowed.

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Floor Area Ratio

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Ratio of amount of floor space on parcel to amount of land on a parcel. (i.e. FAR of 3 could be 3 stores or could be 6 stories on half lot)

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Variance

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Granted because of specific physical characteristics of parcel.

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Conditional Use Permit/Special use Permit

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Allows land uses in zones where that use is not currently allowed.

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Overlay Zone

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Allows community’s functional concerns to cut through zoning. Additional specifications for development in that area.

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Floating Zone

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Delineates conditions that must be met before zoning district can be approved for existing piece of land (i.e. PUD). PUD as concept floating and then attach it to land.

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Form Based Code

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Focus on form of built environment and use incorporated too but not the main driver. Community-based. Uses 1. Building form standards. 2. Public space standards 3. Regulating plan

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Transect

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Subcategory of form-based code. Different transects from rural to urban.

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Smart Code

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Form based code that is transect based.

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Performance Zoning

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Performance standards regulate development. Must achieve goals. Ends rather than means. (i.e. no negative impact on watershed) . Not very common.

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Rezone for non-conformity.

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Change the zoning to match nonconforming structures, sanction benign nonconformities or phase out detrimental nonconformities.

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Design Review Boards

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Discretionary review of urban design guidelines.