Ch13 Land-Use Planning, Subdivisions, Fair Housing , And Other Public Controls

Front 1

Police power

Back 1

Constitutional right of government to regulate private activity to promote the general health welfare and safety of society

Hint 1

345

Front 2

Eminent domain

Back 2

Allows the government to acquire title to private land for public use in exchange for payment of just compensation

Hint 2

346Planning

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Planning commission

Back 3

Citizens appointed by the members of the city council or board of supervisors who make recommendations on land-use matters

Hint 3

346

Front 4

Planning departments

Back 4

Agencies within a city and county government staffed with professionally trained planners

Hint 4

347

Front 5

Zoning

Back 5

The division of land into designated land-use districts

Hint 5

348

Front 6

Inclusionary zoning

Back 6

In ordinance requiring a builder of new residential housing to set aside a designated number of units for low and moderate income people

Hint 6

348

Front 7

National environmental policy act

Back 7

Requires an environmental impact report on all projects using federal funding

Hint 7

349

Front 8

Clean air act

Back 8

Requires businesses to meet air quality standards

Hint 8

349

Front 9

Subdivision map act

Back 9

The division of land into two or more lots for the purpose of sale lease or financing concerned with the physical aspects of the subdivision including design streets water and sewer’s

Hint 9

351

Front 10

Subdivided land laws

Back 10

A subdivision of land into five or more lots for the purpose of sale cannot be offered for sale until the real estate commission or issues a public report

Hint 10

351

Front 11

Land project

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A speculative subdivision of 50 or more lights located in the sparsely populated area of the state

Hint 11

353

Front 12

Interstate land sales full disclosure act

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Land developer is required to obtain an issue by the department of housing and urban development and deliver a copy to each perspective buyer

Hint 12

354

Front 13

Common interest developments (CIDs)

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Condominiums, planned unit development, stock operatives, and community apartments

Hint 13

354

Front 14

A condominium is sometimes called a

Back 14

Vertical subdivision or a subdivision of airspace

Hint 14

355

Front 15

Planned unit development

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Often confused with the condominium they are not the same in a PUD a person owns his or her own living unit and lot, in addition to an undivided interest in the common areas

Often referred to as a townhouse development

Hint 15

355

Front 16

Stock Cooperative

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A corporation formed for the purpose of holding title to a building each shareholder of the corporation is given the right to occupy a living unit

Hint 16

356

Front 17

Stock Cooperative

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A corporation formed for the purpose of holding title to a building each shareholder of the corporation is given the right to occupy a living unit

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356

Front 18

Community apartment

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A group of people jointly purchased an undivided interest in an entire apartment complex then each person is given the right to occupy a particular unit

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356

Front 19

Disclosure requirements for a common interest development

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1. Copy of existing conditions, covenants, and restrictions, owners association bylaws, governing documents, and current financial statement on the owners association

2. Reinstatement of any known pending special assessments, claims, or litigation against the seller or owners’ association

3. A current statement showing whether the seller has any unpaid assessments or dues owed to the owners association

Hint 19

356

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Selling undivided interest

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Large parcel of land sold in shares

Hint 20

357

Front 21

State housing

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Establish minimum housing standards for the entire state

Hint 21

358

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Local building codes

Back 22

Allowed to deviate from state housing laws only with sufficient reason to deviate from the state uniform code

Hint 22

358

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Local building codes

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Allowed to deviate from state housing laws only with sufficient reason to deviate from the state uniform code

Hint 23

358

Front 24

Contractors license law

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Requires every person who engages in the business of a contractor to be licensed

Hint 24

358

Front 25

Environmental impact regulations

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Used to address what impact the real estate construction will have on the social, economic, physical, and biological environment

Hint 25

358

Front 26

NIR

Back 26

Negative impact report for a minor in environmental project

Hint 26

358

Front 27

EIR

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Environmental impact report for a major environmental project

Hint 27

358

Front 28

Unruh Civil rights act

Back 28

State law that makes it unlawful for people engaged in business in California, including real estate agents, to discriminate when providing business products

Hint 28

358

Front 29

Steering

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Unlawful directing of a prospective buyer or tenant to certain neighborhoods, or refusal to tell about availability of housing in another neighborhood

Hint 29

359

Front 30

California fair housing act (Rumford Act)

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Law that for bids discrimination in the sale, rental, lease, or financing of practically all types of housing

Hint 30

359

Front 31

Housing financial discrimination act (Holden Act)

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State law prohibiting financial institutions from engaging in discriminatory loan practices

Hint 31

359

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Housing financial discrimination act (Holden Act)

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State law prohibiting financial institutions from engaging in discriminatory loan practices

Hint 32

359

Front 33

Redlining

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A loan practice where a lender refuses to grant a housing loan in certain geographic areas based on neighborhood trends regardless of the merits of the borrower or individual home

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359

Front 34

Civil rights act of 1866, 1964, 1968, 1988 amendments

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Also known as federal fair housing act where fair housing should prevail throughout the United States

Hint 34

359

Front 35

Jones v. Mayer case

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Landmark case in 1866 after the Civil War boring all racial discrimination, private, as well as public, in the sale or rental of property

Hint 35

360

Front 36

Ad valorem

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A Latin phrase that means according to value

Hint 36

367