Land use controls and property development

Question 1

Govt’s right to impose laws, statutes and ordinances including zoning and building codes to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.

Answer 1

police power

Question 2

State legislation that confers zoning powers on municipal govts

Answer 2

enabling acts

Question 3

exercise of police power by a municipality to regulate and control the character and use of property

Answer 3

Zoning ordinances

Question 4

Ordinances that specify the minimum standards of construction for buildings to protect public safety and health

Answer 4

building codes

Question 5

plan to guide the long term physical development of a particular area

Answer 5

comprehensive plan - 20 yrs or longer from a local govt.

Question 6

a planned combination of diverse land uses such as housing, recreation, and shopping in one contained development or subdivision

Answer 6

planned unit development

Question 7

One who attempts to put land to its most profitable use through construction of improvements

Answer 7

Developers

Question 8

Strip of land usually a a park or for a similar use, seperating land dedicated to one use from land dedicated to another use (residential from commercial

Answer 8

buffer zones

Question 9

judicial proceeding to exercise the power of eminent domain, which a govt agency takes private property for public use and compensates the owner

Answer 9

condemnation

Question 10

action brought by a property owner seeking just compensation for land taken for public use when the taker of the property does not intend to bring eminent domain proceedings. Property is condemed because its use and value have diminished due to an adjacent property’s public use

Answer 10

inverse condemnation

Question 11

Permission obtained from zoning authorities to build a structure or conduct a use that is expressly prohibited by current zoning laws

Answer 11

Variance

Question 12

Use of a property that is permitted to continue after a zoning ordinance prohibiting it has been established for the area.

Answer 12

nonconforming use

Question 13

written govt permission allowing use inconsistent with zoning but necessary for common good

Answer 13

conditional use permit

Question 14

Permission by the municipal inspector to occupy a completed building structure after it has been inspected and complies with building codes

Answer 14

certificate of occupancy

Question 15

clause in a deed limiting future use of the property

Answer 15

deed restrictions