Governmental Factors

Question 0

These laws deal with police power that governments to reserve for themselves.

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Right to regulate laws

Question 1

These laws deal with taxes, and although they are primarily past to raise revenue, they can have other effects on real estate as well.

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Revenue-generating laws

Question 2

The constitutional power of the state and local governments to enact and enforce laws that protect the public’s health and safety, morals and general welfare. Many____Powers fall under the states authority but they often delegated to local governments.

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Police power

Question 3

Are any public or private restrictions on how land I may be used and are usually government enacted zoning laws.

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Land-use Controls/zoning

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Local ordinances dividing city, town, etc. into zones, allowing different types of land use in different zones. these laws and other laws restricting land usage i.e. building codes, I passed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community.

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Zoning laws

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The government’s constitutional power to operate/condemn/private property for public use as long as the owner is paid just compensation.

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Eminent domain

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Means that the property reverts to the states after a person dies without leaving a valid well and without heirs.

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Escheat

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Restrictions to protect wildlife, endangered species, wetlands, or to protect against pollution or hazardous waste.

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Environmental protection laws

Question 8

remains with the land when the land is sold.

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Appurtenance

Question 9

These bend the rules regarding building size, height limits, setbacks, side yards, and so on, and maybe granted so the owner can avoid practical difficulties.

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Area variances

Question 10

These permit property owners to use land in a way not allowed in that zone, and cannot be granted unless the owner would otherwise suffer unnecessary hardship.

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Use variances

Question 11

These allow landed to be used in a way that doesn’t comply with the zoning laws because it benefits the public.

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Conditional uses

Question 12

This occurs when the government choirs property for public use by appropriation. In this case property is regulated by government authority to the economic detriment of the owner, without compensation.

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Taking

Question 13

This law/act requires a state environmental quality review to assess the environmental impact of any activity or action approved by a state agency or unit of local government.

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State Environmental Quality Review Act

SEQRA

Question 14

Overseas public recreation areas,
Administers federal and state preservation projects
Receives federal grants for historic preservation.

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(The field services Bureau of )the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Question 15

This New York Code Sets forth the construction, materials, safety, and sanitary standards for buildings in New York.

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The New York uniform fire prevention and building code

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This is usually illegal because it benefits or restrict certain owners without justification.

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Spot zoning

Question 17

These are establish uses that violate new zoning laws, but must be allowed to continue since the used was established before the zoning was enacted.

(sometimes being called “grandfathered in”)

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Nonconforming uses

Question 18

This act requires land developers to:
-Register subdivisions of 100 or more nonexempt lots with the Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD when marketing the land across state lines.

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Interstate land sales full disclosure act of 1968

Question 19

Provisions in a deed or other document that make parties’ rights and obligations dependent on the occurrence or not occurrence of some of it. When an owner transfers a deed with _______, the grantees title is contingent on the ______.

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Conditions

Question 20

Promises or guarantees in a deed or other document. Restrictive ______ are binding promises about land-use and can cover the same items as conditions. Breaking a _____ doesn’t mean that you could lose title to the land.

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Covenants

Question 21

These are also known as restrictive covenants

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Deed restrictions

Question 22

Setting a termination date
Releasing the owner from the covenant
Abandoning the property
Changing the circumstances of the property and/or the owner

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Ways to terminate restrictive covenants

Question 23

The complete bundle of rights belonging to the owner

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Absolute

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Parcels of land directly contiguous, sharing at least one common boundary

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Abutting property

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An apartment with a primary residence

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Accessory apartment

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A use or occupancy incidental or subordinate to the principal use our occupancy

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Accessory use

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A Latin phrase meaning according to value

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Ad valorem

Question 28

Taking private property for public use to the government's power of an eminent domain. Also called condemnation

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Appropriation

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Remains with the land

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Appurtenance

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Refers to the landowners bundle of rights associated with the property; prohibits discrimination among landowners in a particular area.

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As of right zoning

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A set of construction standards, requiring builders to use particular methods and materials; regulations a stab wishing minimum standards for construction and materials.

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Building code

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A type of permit issued to a land owner wants to build, remodel, or alter a building. The land on my submit plans to the building department for approval.

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Building permit

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A declaration of covenants conditions and restrictions usually recorded by developer to create a general plan of private restrictions for a subdivision.

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CC&Rs Covenant Conditions & Restrictions

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Relatively small areas used to track the population of the United States by the US Census Bureau.

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Census tract

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A permit issued for an existing building that has been altered after all inspections have been made and the renovation property is deemed fit for occupancy.

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Certificate of compliance

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A permit issued to the builder after all inspections have been made and the property is deemed fit for occupancy.

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Certificate of occupancy

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Allows developers to provide a varied selection of lot sizes and housing choices within a single area.

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Cluster zoning

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A written document that identifies goals, objectives, principles, guidelines, policies, standards, and strategies for growth and development of a community. Also called a Master plan.

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Comprehensive plan

Question 39

Taking private property for public use, through the government power of eminent domain. Also called appropriation. _________ is the act; eminent domain is the right. A declaration that a structure is unfit for occupancy and must be closed or demolished.

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Condemnation

Question 40

A person who has died

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Decedent

Question 41

The study of the social and economic status of a given area or population.

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Demography

Question 42

When referenced by zoning requirements, the number of building units per acre or the number of occupants or families per unit.

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Density

Question 43

The loss of a right through undue delay or failure to assert within the timeframe of the statute of limitations.

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Doctrine of laches

Question 44

Describes any potential effects that a development could have on air and water quality, solid waste disposal, traffic, noise, water run off and drainage, school enrollment, energy consumption, wildlife, etc.

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Environmental impact statement (EIS)

Question 45

The loss of a right through undue delay or failure to assert within the timeframe of the statute of limitations.

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Doctrine of laches

Question 46

Describes any potential effects that a development could have on air and water quality, solid waste disposal, traffic, noise, water run off and drainage, school enrollment, energy consumption, wildlife, etc.

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Environmental impact statement (EIS)

Question 47

The loss of a right through undue delay or failure to assert within the timeframe of the statute of limitations.

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Doctrine of laches

Question 48

Describes any potential effects that a development could have on air and water quality, solid waste disposal, traffic, noise, water run off and drainage, school enrollment, energy consumption, wildlife, etc.

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Environmental impact statement (EIS)

Question 49

An individual, or two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption living together in one dwelling; or group of three people who are not married, blood relatives, or adopted who live together as a single unit; or one or more people living in a single unit.

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Family

Question 50

A residential facility housing three or more unrelated people within a residential Zone

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Group home

Question 51

Someone entitled to inherit another person's real or personal property under laws of interstates succession.

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Heir

Question 52

A small business or other occupation carried out in the residence, which is an example of an accessory use.

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Home occupation

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A system in which by developers receive zoning incentives on the condition that specific physical, social, cultural benefits are provided to the community.

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Incentive Zoning

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The communities support facilities and services, including roads, parks, sewers, water, schools, as well as fire and police protection.

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Infrastructure

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Distribution of property to heirs of a person who has died intestate

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Intestate succession

Question 56

When local, state, federal agencies are involved in evaluating the environmental impact of land-use project or activity, one agency, known as a ____ agency, will take the control in overseeing the evaluation.

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Lead agency

Question 57

Temporarily suspend the right of the property owner to obtain developmental approvals while local legislature takes time to consider, draft, and adopt land-use regulations or rules to respond to new or changing circumstances.

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Moratorium

Question 58

A document that shows the location and width of a community streets, highways, drainage systems, and parks.

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Official map

Question 59

A PUD is a type of subdivision in which developers do not have to comply with all standard zoning and subdivision regulations.

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Planned unit development PUD

Question 60

A detailed survey map of a subdivision, recorded in the county where the land is located. Subdivided property is called a_____ed property.

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Plat

Question 61

Restriction imposed on property by a previous owner or the subdivision developer; a restrictive covenant or condition in a deed.

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Private restriction

Question 62

An amendment to a zoning ordinance, usually changing the uses allowed in a particular zone.

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Rezone

Question 63

Rights, conditions, or restrictions that are associated with the property as opposed to the individual who owns the property. They passed from owner to owner when the land is conveyed.

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Runs with the land

Question 64

The legal distance that a building must be from a designated position such as a property line; determined by ____ requirements.

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Setback

Question 65

Usually part of a site plan, this document locates and measures the boundaries of the property and identifies improvements, encroachments, and easements associated with the land.

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Survey

Question 66

State and local laws that must be complied with before land can be subdivided.

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Subdivision regulations