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15 Cards in this Set
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Police Power |
Gives The state and local governments have the power to pass legislation to protect the public health and safety as well as to promote the General welfare. May enforce zoning laws, building codes, rent controls, and Environmental Laws. |
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Enabling Legislation |
Passed by the state to give local government their authority. |
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Zoning Ordinance |
Regulate and control the use of land. |
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Common Areas Controlled by Zoning Laws |
Types of structures permitted, lot sizes, building heights, setbacks (distance from the lot line to the building line), style and appearance of structures, and density. There are no state or national zoning laws. |
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Zoning Classifications |
Land is divide between designated areas or zones which are identified by a coding system. R-residential C-commercial I-industrial A-agriculture. |
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Planned Unit Development (PUD) |
Example of mixed-use zone. |
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Buffer Zone |
A strip of land that seperate one land use from another. |
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Zoning Laws Can Also Dictate |
Minimum square footage, setback requirements, maximum height, etc. |
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Nonconforming Use |
If a property's use existed prior to the current zoning rules, it generally will be allowed to continue. |
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Downzoning |
Occurs when zoning is changed from higher density use to lower density use. |
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Example of Downzoning |
1. Multi unit buildings to single family. 2. Multi story office building to one story office building. 3. Increase the size of lots on which a house can be built from 10,000 - 20,000 feet. Make half the number of houses. |
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Density Zoning |
Regulates The number of units the buildings on the property that may be built. |
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Spot Zoning |
A specific property in a zoned area is rezoned to permit a use different from the Zoning requirement for that zoned area. |
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Amendment |
How a zoning law can be changed. Can be requested by either property owners or the local government. Heard by a Zoning board and than recommended to local government |
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Zoning Appeals |
If the owner wants to do something not permitted by Zoning they can appeal to local zoning appeal board. They then may grant variances to the Zoning law. |
