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Police power |
Inherent authority to create regulations necessary to protect the public health, safety, and Welfare |
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Comprehensive plan |
Also known as the master plan, the comprehensive plan, a guide to planning for change rather than reacting to proposals. Typically long-term perhaps twenty years or longer |
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Zoning ordinances |
These implement the comprehensive plan and regulate and control the use of land and structures within designated land-use districts, in part by separating conflict in land uses |
If the comprehensive plan is in the big picture, zoning is the details |
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Enabling Acts |
Confer zoning powers to local Municipal governments |
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Planned unit development (PUD) |
A development in which land is set aside for mixed-use purposes, such as residential, commercial, and public areas. |
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Buffer zones |
Typically a strip of land separating land dedicated to one use from Land dedicated to another use. For example, landscaped Parks, playgrounds, and hiking trails are used to screen residential areas from non-residential zones |
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Inverse condemnation |
Action brought by a property owner seeking just a compensation for land taken for a public use where it appears that the taker of the property does not intend to bring eminent domain proceedings |
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Non-conforming use |
A lot or an improvement does not conform to the zoning use because it existed before the enactment or amendment of a zoning ordinance |
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Conditional use permit |
Also known as a special-use permit, it is usually granted to a property owner to allow for a special use of a property that is defined as an allowable conditional use within that zone, such as a house of worship or daycare center in a residential district. |
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Building codes |
Enacted ordinances to specify construction standards that must be met when repairing or erecting buildings |
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Certificate of occupancy |
A permit indicating that the property is suitable for habitation by meeting certain safety and health standards must be issued before anyone moves in and often before A lender will allow closing |
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Developer |
Improves The Land by building streets and constructing homes or other buildings on the Lots |
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Dedication |
A voluntary transfer of private property by its owner to the public for some public use, such as for streets, schools, or parks |
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plat |
A detailed map that illustrates the geographic boundaries of individual Lots |
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Impact fees |
Charges made in advance to cover anticipated expenses involving off-site Capital Improvements such as expanding Water and Sewer facilities, additional roads, and school expansions |
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Density zoning |
Restricting the average maximum number of houses per acre that may be built within a particular subdivision |
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Deed restrictions |
Limitations to the use of the property and posed by a past owner or current owner and are binding on future grantees |
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Restrictive covenants. covenants,conditions,and restrictions (CC&Rs) |
Declarations of conditions and restrictions that affect the use of all Parcels of land within a specified development or Subdivision plat |
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Interstate land sales full disclosure Act |
The US Congress created this to prevent fraudulent marketing schemes that may arise when land is sold without being seen by the purchasers |
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Variance |
Provides relief and zoning ordinances deprived and owner reasonable use of property |
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