N2 Zoning & Encumberances

Question 1

Front Footage

Answer 1

The amount of footage along a street.

Question 2

An area set aside by municipal authorities for a specific type of use is a ______.

Answer 2

Zone

Question 3

An area separating two incompatibly zoned areas from each other.

Answer 3

Buffer Zone

Question 4

Setback

Answer 4

The minimum distance from the lot line at which building can occur.

Question 5

A use which pre-dates the zoning ordinance is a ____ aka ____.

Answer 5

Non-conforming Use, Grandfathered Use

Question 6

A Variance

Answer 6

_______ is a granted violation of the zoning ordinance.

Question 7

A burden on a title is an_________.

Answer 7

Encumbrance

Question 8

A limitation on property created by an owner or developer is known as a_____.

Answer 8

Deed Restriction or Restrictive Covenant or CC&Rs

Question 9

A right one person has in the land of another is an _____.

Answer 9

Easement

Question 10

Easement Appurtenant

Answer 10

An Easement held by one owner across another owner’s adjacent property.

Question 11

The parcel encumbered by the Easement Appurtenant is the ___________.

Answer 11

Servient Parcel

Question 12

Dominant Parcel

Answer 12

The _____ is the parcel of land benefiting from the Easement Appurtenant.

Question 13

An Easement held by third party (not an adjoining owner) is the _______.

Answer 13

Easement in Gross

Question 14

The Easement Personal is a form of a

Answer 14

License

Question 15

What are the TWO General INVOLUNTARY Liens?

Answer 15

Judgment, Income Tax Liens

Question 16

Some land held together by a single owner is divided into two or more parcels and one of the parcels is landlocked. What kind of Easement can be created to address this situation?

Answer 16

Easement by Necessity

Question 17

An easement created through long, continuous, and hostile use.

Answer 17

Prescriptive Easement

Question 18

Acquisition of ownership by hostile use of another’s property can occur by ________.

Answer 18

Adverse Possession

Question 19

Three ways an easement can be terminated are:
1. ___________

2. ___________
3. ___________

Answer 19

1. Merger
2. Quit Claim Deed
3. Quiet Title action

Question 20

The physical trespass of a building onto another property is an ________.

Answer 20

Encroachment

Question 21

A lien placed on Real Estate by operation of law.

Answer 21

Involuntary Lien

Question 22

Lien

Answer 22

A money encumbrance

Question 23

A lien placed on an owner’s property with his/her permission is a _____.

Answer 23

Voluntary Lien

Question 24

Liens that affects individual parcels of land.

Answer 24

Specific Lien

Question 25

Three Specific Types of involuntary Liens:

a. _____
b. _____
c. _____

Answer 25

a. Property Taxes
b. Assessments
c. Mechanic’s Liens

Question 26

General Liens

Answer 26

Affect all of a person’s real and personal property.

Question 27

A lien placed by the government for particular improvements such as street paving or street lights.

Answer 27

Assessments AKA Special Assessments

Question 28

For most liens, priority is established by:

Answer 28

the order in which it was recorded and evidenced by the county recorder’s docket and page number or sequence number

Question 29

_______ are subordinate to taxes, special assessments, and mechanic’s liens.

Answer 29

HOA liens