Site Planning ARE Endurance Flashcards
uniform standards of construction originating in NYC in 1916 to protect the health, welfare and safety of people. Regulates the use of land, light, air, and open space while protecting property values and protecting against nuisances (factories in residential areas), undesirable businesses (porn shops by schools) and dangers (hazardous chemicals in public areas).
Zoning
encourages private developers to provide amenities for public use in exchange for opportunity to build larger or taller structures on a site.
Incentive zoning
building is no longer permitted by the zoning ordinance. Typically allowed to stay unless it’s unsafe.
Nonconforming Use
a building that is permitted in an area that it is not zoned for, to benefit the public (e.g.: an elementary school in a residential neighborhood)
Conditional Use
Variance
applied for by an owner on a private site to ask to deviate from an ordinance in order to avoid hardship.
a change in zoning ordinance for a particular area.
Spot Zoning
a municipal law
Ordinance
required open space measured between property line and face of building. Used to preserve light, air, and spaciousness.
Setbacks
utilized by communities principally to achieve planned street patterns. They help insure that buildings will not be erected in the bed of projected streets or of potential street widening.
Building Line
legal right of government or another land owner to use one’s property for a specific purpose.
Easement
prevents development that upsets something scenic to the public.
Scenic Easement
valuation of property for the purpose of taxes
Assessment
used to fund public space improvements (new streetscapes/ graffiti removal) with the intention that it will enhance an area’s appeal. All business owners in district who would benefit pay increased taxes.
Business Improvement Districts
power of state to take private property without owner’s consent, but with fair market value of the land compensation. Must be used for government or public development (highways, railroads, civic center), economic development, or to mandate an easement for access (public utilities, right of way).
Eminent Domain
placed limitations on the use of the property, typically by original developers, who determined what land would be used for (live, work or play) and can’t be changed by future owners.
Deed Restrictions
limitations and stipulations used in residential settings. Can be aesthetic (allowable color pallets, vegetation types/ pruning, fencing materials) pet control (how many and/or living components), or storage related (visibility of parked cars/ boats/ campers).
Restrictive Covenant
commits a buyer to performing duties in the future (e.g. will make payments for common charges in a condo).
Affirmative Covenant
if restriction is violated or disregarded, the land will revet back to original owners/ heirs.
Conditional Covenant
Right-of- Way
right for people to cross land of another (pathways/ cattle drives).
One Acre is how many s.f.?
43,560 S.F.
24 mile area on a side defined by parallels/ meridians and divided into 16 townships.
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area 6 miles on a side; divided into 36, 1-mile sections
Township
1 mile square parcel of land containing 640 acres
Section
area 1/2 miles on each side
Quarter Section
