Module 3 Conrtol of Land Use Flashcards
What is Sovereignty of the Soil?
Title to land in the United States can be traced back to its original owner, which is the government
What is Police Power?
The right of the government to regulate and control the way land is used.Regulate and control. The government controls land use through
Zoning
Building Codes
Wetland legislation
Health and fire codes
Environmental Protection
What is Zoning?
The most common example of police power
What is Variance?
Permission to violate the rules
What is Buffer Zone?
An area of land separating one land use from another, such as residential from commercial
What is Eminent Domain?
The right of the government to take private land for public use
The second government right to land in Eminent Domain. The government has the right to take private land for public use.
Examples of what the government would take private land for includes: schools, roads, governmental buildings, hospitals, and utilities.
What is Condemnation?
The action of taking the land through eminent domain
What is Taxation?
The government’s right to tax real estate
What is Assessed Value?
Property value for tax purposes
What is Escheat?
The process of transferring real estate to the state when a person dies intestate (without a will) and without heirs
What is Greenfields?
Land that has never been commercially developed
What is Greyfields?
Land containing abandoned structures that are available for redevelopment
What is Brownfields?
Former commercial and industrial sites throughout the country sit unused due to supposed or actual contamination of the land
What is Wetlands?
The transitional zones between uplands and deep water
What is Mold?
A superficial often woolly growth produced especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms by a fungus
What is Environmental Impact Statement?
A report that includes a detailed description of the proposed project, including its purpose and need, any alternatives to the proposed project that could accomplish the purpose, and how the project will affect the environment
What is Greywater?
Water from laundry, sinks, and showers
What is PETE?
The rights the government has to land can be remembered by the acronym PETE
Police Power
Eminent Domain
Taxation
Escheat
What is Downzoning?
A term that describes a change in the zoning ordinance that causes a less valuable use of the property. The owner is not owed compensation when a property is downzoned to a less profitable use.
