Unit 20

Question 1

Land Use

Answer 1

Controlled through public restrictions- planning, zoning, building codes, subdivision plans

Question 2

Private restrictions

Answer 2

Imposed by a deed, and direct ownership of land by federal, state, and local government

Question 3

Police power

Answer 3

Authority to create regulations to protect public health, safety, and welfare

Question 4

Comprehensive plan (master plan)

Answer 4

Created by a local government covers land use, housing needs, movement of people and goods, community facilities and utilities, and energy conservation

Question 5

Zoning ordinances

Answer 5

Local laws implementing the land uses designated in the comprehensive plan and typically cover items such as permitted uses, lot sizes, types of structures, building heights, setbacks, style and appearance of structures, density, and protection of natural resources

Question 6

Buffer zone

Answer 6

Separates residential from nonresidential areas

Question 7

Bulk zoning

Answer 7

Controls density

Question 8

Aesthetic zoning

Answer 8

Specifies certain types of architectures for new buildings

Question 9

Incentive zoning

Answer 9

To require certain uses in developments

Question 10

Zoning hearing board (board of appeals)

Question 11

Nonconforming use

Question 12

Varience

Answer 12

Permits a prohibited land use to avoid undue hardship

Question 13

Conditional-use permit (special-use)

Question 14

Building codes

Answer 14

Require permits for new construction and remodeling of or additions to existing construction

Question 15

Certificate of Occupancy

Answer 15

Issued upon satisfactory completion of work for which a building permit was issued

Question 16

Subdivision and land development ordinances

Answer 16

May be created by the state or may be made part of local government’s comprehensive plan

Question 17

Subdivider

Answer 17

Buys undeveloped acreage and divides it into smaller lots for sale to individuals or developers

Question 18

Developer

Answer 18

Improves land and constructs homes or other buildings that are then sold

Question 19

Plat map (subdivision map)

Answer 19

Shows geographic boundaries of separate land parcels, usually by showing blocks or land divided into individual lots

Question 20

Subdivision plan

Answer 20

Describes subdivision features, including utility easements, in compliance with zoning and other laws

Question 21

Private land use controls

Answer 21

Include deed restrictions that are placed in a deed and the covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) placed or referenced in deeds to all property owners in a subdivision

Question 22

federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA)

Answer 22

Regulates the interstate sale of unimproved lots in subdivisions of 25 or more lots of less than 20 acres each. Does not apply to subdivisions sold solely to developers. State subdivision laws may also apple to sales within the state of subdivisions located on either side or outside the state