Unit 20 - Land Use Controls and Property Development Flashcards
Its necessary for a certain amount of land to be owned by the government for what uses?
- Municipal Buildings
- State Government Buildings
- Schools
- Military Bases
Local governments, municipalities, and counties establish development goals by creating what?
A comprehensive plan
Define a Comprehensive Plan
A guide to planning for change rather that reacting to proposals
How long is a Comprehensive Plan for?
20 years
What is included in a Comprehensive Plan?
- Land Use
- Housing Needs
- Movement of people and goods
- Community of facilities and utilities
- Energy Conservation
Define Zoning
A regulatory tool that helps communities regulate and control how land is used
Define Zoning Ordinances
Local laws that implement the comprehensive plan and regulate and control the use of land and structures within designated districts
How are zoning ordinances conferred?
By enabling acts
What does Zoning affect?
- Permitted Uses
- Lot Sizes
- Building Heights
- Setbacks
Define a Buffer Zone
Typically a strip of land separating land dedicated to one use from land dedicated to another use
Define Taking
Similar to eminent domain in that it comes from the takings clause of the 5th Amendment
The eminent domain or taking is enacted, property owners must be what?
Compensated for their land and real property
Why is there a Zoning Hearing Board?
To hear complaints about the effects a zoning ordinance may have on specific parcels of property
Define Nonconforming Use
When a lot or an improvement doesnt conform to the zoning law because it existed before the enactment of the zoning ordinance
What is a Conditional Use Permit
Usually granted to a property to allow a special use of property
What does a Variance do?
Provides relief if zoning regulations deprive an owner of the reasonable use of the property
Define Building Codes
Codes that specify construction standards that must be met when repairing or erecting building
Define Density Zoning
Restrict the average maximum number of houses per acre that may be built within a subdivision
Define Restrictive Covenants
Limitations to the use property imposed by a past owner or the current owner and are binding on future grantees
Define CC&R’s
Covenants, conditions and restrictions are private rules set up by the developer that set standards for all the parcels within a subdivision
A restrictive covenant that restricts conveyance based on race, color, religion or national origin is what?
Void
Why what the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act created?
To facilitate regulation of interstate land sales and to protect consumers from fraud
Why was the Land Sales Registraction Act created?
To regulate the sale or promotion to Illinois residents of subdivided land outside of Illinois
