CHAPTER TWO: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS Flashcards
___ ___- A long-term planning document. It establishes the framework and key elements of a site reflecting a clear vision created and adopted in an open process. It synthesizes civic goals and the public’s aspirations for a project, gives them form and organization, and defines a realistic plan for implementation, including subsequent approvals by public agencies.
Master Plan
___ OF ___- A document issued by a local government agency after satisfactory inspection of a structure authorizing that the structure can be occupied.
Certificate of Occupancy
___ ___-A systematic regulation of construction of buildings within a municipality established by ordinance or law.
BUILDING CODE
The term “100 year old flood” means every year there is a __% chance of the big flood occuring.
1%
The term “500 year flood” has a __% chance of happening every 5 years
1% or .2% chance a year.
The property will have an ____ certificate for flooding. required by insurance companies.
elevation
___ ___ ___ ___ (nfip)- insures properties in flood zones that aren’t eligible for private flood insurance.
Magic number for flood insurance is ___ feet
National Flood Insurance Program
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___ ___ ___- created in 1970 by Nixon to deal with emerging environmental problems caused by execissive pollution from industrialization, transportation, and unchecked haz chemical applications.
EPA - environmental protection agency. current and past owners have liability
__ __ __ __ and ___ Act- aka the Superfund. seek to encourage the development and use of benign chemicals to control wees and insects, disinfection our living spaces and treat building materials to enhance strength and durability. It established a fund to clean up uncontrolled haz waste at sites.
Comprehensive Environmental Repsonse, Compensation, and Liability Act. (CERCLA)
___ ___ and ____ ACT of 1986 - strengthen (from the EPA) the focus on human health problems associated with haz waste sites and encouraged the public to get involved with the decision making processes behind best practices for cleaning up dirty sites.
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).
___ ___ and ___ ACT- provides protocol and rules for underground storage tanks containing petroleum based products, non-haz waste , medical waste, and toxic waste. CERCLA is controlled waste.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCRA
__ ___ ___ ACT- approved by congress in 1974 and established safety standards for public drinking water. covers water sources like lakes, rivers, springs, streams, and underground wells. EPA doesn’t monitor private or commercial wells that serve fewer than 25 people.
Safe Water Drinking Act
___ ___ ACT- water act that deals with ponds, navigable waters, MS river, Great Lakesnsets standards for sewer treatment plants and surface waters. SDWA governs clean water from the original water source .
Clean Water Act
___ ___ ACT- governs air polluting emissions from buildings, cars, airplanes, etc. CAA gave EPA authority to give nationwide standards to regulate air pollutants.
Clean Air ACt
___ ___ and ___- The basic rules establishing the rights and obligations of owners of real property within a subdivision or other tract of land in relation to other owners within the same subdivision or tract and in relation to an association of owners organized for the purpose of operating and maintaining property commonly owned by the individual owners.
Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs)
