Chapter 5

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Public Land Use Controls

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The government regulations of land use through zoning laws, building codes, subdivision ordinances, and environmental protection laws.

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BUILDING CODES

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Public control regulating construction that establish minimum construction standards.

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Certificate of Occupancy

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A document issued by a local government agency after a satisfactory inspection if a structure authorizing the occupancy of that structure.

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AMENDMENT

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A modification of a zoning ordinance by a lo c AL legislative authority.

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CONDITION

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Restrictions that provides for a reversion of title if they are violated.

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Covenant

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A promise in writing

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Deed Restriction

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Limitations on land use appearing in deed also known as restrictive, protective covenants.

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Enabling Acts

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Laws passed by the state legislature authorizing cities and counties to regulate land use within their jurisdictions.

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Injunctions

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An instruction by a court to discontinue a specified activity.

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Interstate Land Sale Ful Disclosure Act

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A federal law regulating the interstate sale of land under certain conditions.

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Master Plan

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Created for the purpose of providing for the orderly growth of a community that will result in the greatest social and economic benefits to the people of the community.

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Negative Covenants/Easments

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Promises on the part of the purchaser of property in a subdivision tp limit their use of their property to comply with restrictive/protective covenants.

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Nonconforming Use

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A use of land the does not conform to the zoning ordinances for the area but is allowed because itd use preceeded the zoning ordanance.

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Overlay District

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A zoning device that superimposes a particular zoning over one or more zoning areas. Such as flood zones and historic preservation districts.

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Planned Unit Development (PUD)

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A type of zoning ordinance that permits a special use thereby enabling a designated area or subdivision to have a combination of property types such as residential housing, recreation, and business.

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Property Report

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Disclosure required under interstate land sales disclosure act.

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Public Land use Control

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The regulating of land use by government agencies in the form of zoning laws, building codes, subdivision ordanances, and environmental protection laws.

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Restrictive/Protective Covenants

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Limitations on land use binding on all property owners. A form of private land use control.

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Run with the Land

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Rights the move from grantor to grantee along with the titles.

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Setback

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The distance from a front or interior property line to the point where a structure can be located.

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Special Use

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An expectation or special use built into a zoning ordinance that must be granted if the criteria for the expectation are met.

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Spot Zoning

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The rezoning of a particular property n a zoned area to permit a use different from that authorized for the rest of the area. It is illegal unless there is a clearly established reasonable basis for it.

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Statement of Record

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A document disclosing spacific information that the developer must file with HUD before offering unimproved lots in interstate commerce by telephone or through the mail.

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Subdivision Regulatioms (ordinances)

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Public control of the development of residential subdivisions.

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Variance

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A permitted deviation from spacific requirements of a zoning ordinance because of the special hardship to a particular property owner.

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Zoning Ordinanc

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A statement setting forth the b type of use permitted under each zoning classification and spacific requirements for compliance.