General - Chapter 1 Lesson 3

Question 1

Government Powers

Answer 1

PETE

Question 2

Police Power

Answer 2

constitutional authority of state and local governments to enact and enforce laws that protect the public’s health, safety, morals, and general welfare

Question 3

Examples of police power

Answer 3

licensing agents, enforcing codes, imposing ordinances, determining growth, and imposing environmental protections

Question 4

Eminent Domain

Answer 4

constitutional power to take private property for public use

Question 5

Condemnation

Answer 5

appropriation, legal proceeding by which the governments power of eminent domain is exercised (state + authorized agencies, municipalities, school districts, and fed gov) (extended to utility companies, railroads, etc)

Question 6

Requirements for eminent domain

Answer 6

use and benefit of the public
prop owner is paid a fair and equitable price (just compensation/market value)

Question 7

Condemnation cannot occur without

Answer 7

due process of law

Question 8

taking

Answer 8

occurs when the gov acquires priv prop for public use by condemnation without just compensation

Question 9

regulatory taking

Answer 9

occurs when the government limits the use of private property to the point that owner deprived of any economically reasonable use or value

Question 10

easement

Answer 10

right to use someone’s land

Question 11

taxation

Answer 11

the process of the government levying a charge on people, property, or activities to fund services

Question 12

property taxes

Answer 12

imposed on prop owners by state and local gov (ad valorem)

Question 13

special assessments

Answer 13

taxes levied against only specific properties that benefit from public improvement

Question 14

escheat

Answer 14

title of property reverting to state because of no will/heirs

Question 15

Zoning ordinances

Answer 15

laws that divide a city or county into diff areas for the purpose of imposing permitted uses and specifying requirements for compliance

Question 16

zoning map

Answer 16

divides communities into designated zoning districts

Question 17

description of permitted sues

Answer 17

designates what type of building is allowed in each district

Question 18

zoning is the responsibility of

Answer 18

local entities

Question 19

zoning ordinances are an example of the government’s…

Answer 19

police power

Question 20

zoning specifications

Answer 20

lot sizes, front feet, building height, setback requirements, floor area ratio, density, buffer zones

Question 21

zoning law is constitutional only if…

Answer 21

applies in the same manner to all similarly situated property owners

Question 22

Zoning Exceptions: nonconforming use

Answer 22

allows existing use to contine

Question 23

Zoning Exceptions: Variance

Answer 23

allows minor deviations

Question 24

Zoning Exceptions: conditional use

Answer 24

new but beneficial use

Question 25

Use variance

Answer 25

allow land use that is not permitted under current zoning laws

Question 26

area variance

Answer 26

allow land use that is not permitted by the physical requirements of the zoning law

Question 27

examples of conditional use

Answer 27

fire stations, schools, hospitals, churches, cemeteries

Question 28

Cluster zoning

Answer 28

allows developers to provide a varied selection of lot sizes and housing choices

Question 29

incentive zoning

Answer 29

developers receive zoning incentives on the condition that specific physical, social, or cultural benefits are provided

Question 30

rezoning

Answer 30

revision in soning law