Government Land use Controls (Planning, Zoning, Building Ordinances, and Environmental Disclosures) Flashcards
Government restrictions on land including all but one of the following:
A) Title closure
B) Taxation
C) Eminent Domain
D) Zoning
A) Title closure
Zoning ordinances usually cover such matters as:
A) Base lines
B) Setback lines
C) Deed restrictions
D) Prescription
B) Setback lines
There are several ways in which the use of land is regulated or controlled. Which one of the following is not a means of regulating the use of land?
A) Resolution passed by local real estate boards
B) Zoning ordinances
C) Public ownership
D) Restrictions contained in sellers’ deeds
A) Resolution passed by local real estate boards
Which of the following is the best statement of the purpose of a building permit:
A) Municipal control of the volume of building
B) Evidence of compliance with municipal regulations
C) To regulate area and build of buildings
D) Evidence that construction fees have been paid
B) Evidence of compliance with municipal regulations
When a zoning regulation permits a specific use of a property but a private restriction contained in the deed, limits the use of the property, the one that would prevail is the:
A) Deed restriction
B) Zoning law
C) Master Plan
D) Building restriction
A) Deed restriction
The provisions of county building codes are signed to establish minimum:
A) Side-line and set-back lines for buildings
B) Construction standards for buildings with the county
C) Standards for flood control
D) Licensing requirements for contractors
B) Construction standards for buildings with the county
A landowner, builds a small factory in the city of “X”. After the factory is built, the city of “X” adopts zoning ordinance in which the area in question is designated a residential area:
A) “A” must move his plant to a portion of the city zoned for industrial purposes
B) “A” may continue to operate as a nonconforming use
C) “A” should abandon his plant and sue the city for damages
D) “A” is entitled to a variance
B) “A” may continue to operate as a nonconforming use
Zoning is done by authority of:
A) The Mayor
B) Law of eminent domain
C) Police Power
D) Petition
C) Police Power
Eminent domain, taxation, police power, and escheat are:
I. Limitations on the ownership of real property
II. Benefits accruing to the ownership of real property
A) I only
B) II only
C) Both I and II
D) Neither I nor II
A) I only
I. Limitations on the ownership of real property
Regulations established by local governments setting forth the structural requirements of buildings are known as:
A) Conveyances
B) Devises
C) Common laws
D) Building codes
D) Building codes
A buyer is looking at a land where there was formerly a gas station, and there is still evidence of some abandoned tanks. he should:
A) Ask to see the seller’s disclosure statement
B) Ask for the Phase I assessment
C) Obtain a clearance from the Health Department
D) Get and Environmental Impact Statement
B) Ask for the Phase I assessment
Name a state agency that plays a key role in the development of a shoreline property:
A) Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
B) Building Department
C) Department of Planning and Permitting
D) Real Estate Commission
C) Department of Planning and Permitting
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 was amended in 1986 to protect innocent landowners for cleanup liability. What is the abbreviated name of this federal legislation?
A) Title VIII
B) Title X
C) FIREEA
D) SARA
D) SARA
SARA is the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act designed to create an “innocent landowner” defense against the strict liability interpretation fo CERCLA.
The existence of all of the following environmental conditions must be disclosed to a prospective purchaser as hazardous EXCEPT:
A) Wetlands
B) Lead-based paint
C) Radon
D) Asbestos
A) Wetlands
A wetland is an area affected by not a ground water, such as a marsh. While hazardous condition, seller should disclose if their property is in such an area.
Legislation that helps resurrect deserted, non-operational, and dilapidated toxic industrial sites into tax-paying properties known as:
A)Greenfields
B) Whitefields
C) Grayfields
D) Brownfields
D) Brownfields
Brownfields legislation guidelines give individual states authority to clean up abandoned toxic sites and recognizes the finality of successful state directed hazardous clean-up efforts.
