Aceable Agent Level 2 - Chapter 2 Question and answer rated A+ 2023 What are the four basic types of Public Land-Use Controls (P.E.T.E)? - correct answer
- Police power
- Eminent Domain
- Taxation
- Escheat
- Building codes
- Private controls on land
- Application of rules
- Zoning is done by creating zoning ordinances.
- Zoning ordinances flow from the priorities outlined in a municipality's master or
- Zones are decided in the master plan (each zone usually has defined acceptable
- One of the aspects concerning acceptable uses defined for each zone in the master
Type of Public Land-Use Control: What does Police Power contribute? - correct answer Police power is the government right to regulate and restrict land use in order to protect the public.What are the four main types of land-use controls that fall under the scope of Police Power? - correct answer 1. Zoning
What is the most common example of Police Power in real estate? - correct answer The authority to control zoning.Under the scope of police power: What is Zoning? - correct answer - The division of land within a jurisdiction into separate districts within which uses are permitted, prohibited, or permitted with conditions. Zoning regulates the use of land.
What are Zoning Ordinances? - correct answer - Local laws that control how land is used and what structures can be built in a designated district.
comprehensive plan.What is a Master Plan? - correct answer - A written document created by the local planning board to guide the future growth and development of a community.
uses).What does density concern in the making of a master plan? - correct answer - The measure of the proportion of a given area used for residential purposes.
plan.What does a Master Plan do for a community? - correct answer Sets out their urban planning goals and priorities. 1 / 2
What are the common types of Zoning Classifications? - correct answer 1.
Residential: Housing
2. Commercial: Commerce
3. Industrial: Manufacturing
4. Agricultural: Farmland
5. Institutional: Universities, hospitals, prisons.. etc.
6. Open space: Forests, parks, shorelines... etc.
7. Vacant land: Unimproved land, or land that has uninhabited improvements
- Conservation land: Land that has special use rules, including water recharge sones
or homes to protected wildlife.
9. Recreational: State parks, shorelines, trails... etc.
Why are zoning classifications sometimes different across municipalities? - correct answer Because zoning classifications are created at the local level.What does the Zoning Board of Appeals do? - correct answer The zoning board of appeals hears from property owners who feel that a zoning ordinance is causing undue hardship or keeping them from realizing use or profit in their property.What is a Zoning Variance? - correct answer If the zoning board of appeals agrees, they grant a variance: permission granted by the government so that property may be used in a manner not allowed by the current zoning.What are the three kinds of variances a zoning board of appeals can grant? - correct answer 1. Use variance: Permits a use of land that is forbid by the zoning regulations.
Example: A restaurant would need a use variance to open in a residential area.
- Area variance: Permits a use of land that is forbid by the dimensional or physical
requirements of the zoning regulations.
Example: Building a 200ft building in a zone that regulates buildings to 100ft.
- Special use permit: Permits specific kinds of uses in a zone that is not the main use
of that zone (owner still must meet certain requirements).
Example: A restaurant in an industrially zoned area.
What is a Nonconforming Use? - correct answer A use that was once legal in a zone, but became illegal when the zoning changed.Example: If a gas station was in a commercial zone, but the zone got changed to a residential zone, the gas station is now nonconforming.When a Nonconforming Use is allowed to continue, it is called being ____? - correct answer "grandfathered in" What happens when the owner of a nonconforming use property, that was grandfathered in, sells their property? - correct answer Usually, nonconforming uses that are grandfathered in are allowed only while the current owner holds the property.Otherwise, that's known as an illegal nonconforming use.
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