PSI-Chapter 20 - Land-Use Controls and Property Development

Question 1

ENABLING ACTS is…

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Answer 1

State legislation that confers zoning and other powers on municipal governments.
States delegate to counties and local municipalities the authority to enact ordinances in keeping with general laws. The degree to which governmental bodies seek to regulate land uses varies and is often a reflection of the priorities of local residents.

Question 2

PETE stands for?

Answer 2

P-police power
E-eminet domain
T-taxation
E-escheat (goes back to State if you don’t have a will or heirs)

Question 3

ZONING ORDINANCES do what?

Answer 3

Zoning Ordinances implement the comprehensive plan and regulate and control the use of land and structures within designated land-use districts, in part by separating conflicting land uses.

Question 4

What types of ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS are there?

Answer 4

RCAI
R-Residential
C-Commercial
A-Agriculture
I-Industrial
(and Special)?

Question 5

ZONING affects such things as…

Answer 5

Permitted uses of each parcel of land
Lot sizes,
Types of structures
Building heights
Setbacks
Style and appearance of structures
Density (the ratio of land area to structure area) and
Protection of natural resources

Question 6

Most municipalities have enacted ordinances to specify construction standards that must be met when preparing or erecting buildings. These are called?

Answer 6

BUILDING CODES, and they set many requirements for such things as materials and standards of workmanship, sanitary equipment, electrical wiring, and fire prevention. Not all building codes are local.

Question 7

Once the completed structure has been inspected and found satisfactory, the building official will issue a?

Answer 7

CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY or Occupancy Permit.

Question 8

What is a developer of a subdivision often required to submit with the application for subdivision approval?

Answer 8

An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

Question 9

Limitations to the use of property imposed by a past owner or the current owner by inclusion in the deed to the property and are binding on future grantees are called?

Answer 9

DEED RESTRICTIONS

Question 10

Unlike deed restrictions, private rules set up BY THE DEVELOPER that establish standards for all the parcels within the defined subdivision or PUD are called?

Answer 10

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS or COVENANTS or CONDITIONS, and RESTRICTIONS (CC&R)