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Real Estate Course
Chapter 6 - Land Use Regulations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Doctrine of Laches | Failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding. |
| Police Power | The right of any political body to enact laws and enforce them, for the order, safety, health, morals and general welfare of the public. |
| Building Permit | Written governmental permission for the construction, renovation or substantial repair of a building. |
| Certificate of Occupancy (CO) | A document issued by a governmental authority that a building is ready and fit for occupancy. |
| Eminent Domain | A right of the government to acquire property for necessary public use by condemnation; the owner must be fairly compensated. |
| Condemnation | Taking private property for public use, with fair compensation to the owner; exercising the right of eminent domain. |
| Abutting | Parcels of land next to each other that share a common border. |
| Accessory Uses | The use of land that is subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found in connection with the principal use allowed on a lot by the zoning law. A garage is incidental to the principal use of a lot as a single-family residence and customarily found on a |
| Accessory Apartment Uses | A second residential unit that may be contained within an existing single-family home, garage, or carriage house. An accessory apartment is usually required to be a complete housekeeping unit that can function independently with separate access, kitchen, |
| Family | A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. |
| Group Home | A home where a small number of unrelated people in need of care, support, or supervision can live together, such as those who are elderly or mentally ill. |
| Demography | The statistical study of human populations. |
| Master Plan | 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 organizatio |
| Moratorium | A temporary prohibition of an activity. |
| Subdivision Regulations | The control of the division of a tract of land into individual lots by requiring development according to specific design standards and procedures adopted by local ordinances. |
| Topography | The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. |
| Variance | The authorization to improve or develop a particular property in a manner not authorized by zoning. |
| Area Variance | Permission to modify or exceed the bulk regulations imposed by local zoning ordinances. |
| Use Variance | Permission to use or develop land other than that permitted by local zoning ordinances. |
| Abutting | Parcels of land next to each other that share a common border. |
| Accessory Apartment Uses | A second residential unit that may be contained within an existing single-family home, garage, or carriage house. An accessory apartment is usually required to be a complete housekeeping unit that can function independently with separate access, kitchen, |
| Accessory Uses | The use of land that is subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found in connection with the principal use allowed on a lot by the zoning law. A garage is incidental to the principal use of a lot as a single-family residence and customarily found on a |
| Air Rights | Rights in real property to use the space above the surface of the land. |
| Building Code | Regulations established by state or local governments stating fully the structural and egress requirements for buildings. |
| Building Permit | Written governmental permission for the construction, renovation or substantial repair of a building. |
| Census Tract | Small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a country or equivalent entity that are updated by local participants prior to each decennial census. The primary purpose of the census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the p |
| Certificate of Occupancy (CO) | A document issued by a governmental authority that a building is ready and fit for occupancy. |
| Condemnation | Taking private property for public use, with fair compensation to the owner; exercising the right of eminent domain. |
| Cul-de-sac | A blind alley: a street with only one outlet. |
| Deed Restriction | A imposed restriction in a deed for the purpose of limiting the use of the land such as: 1) A restriction against the sale of liquor thereon. 2) A restriction as to the size, type, value or placement of improvements that may be erected thereon. |
| Demography | The statistical study of human populations. |
| Doctrine of Laches | Failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding. |
| Easement | A right that may be exercised by the public or individuals on, over or through the lands of others. |
| Eminent Domain | A right of the government to acquire property for necessary public use by condemnation; the owner must be fairly compensated. |
| Escheat | The reversion to the State of property in event the owner thereof abandons it or dies, without leaving a will and has no distributees to whom the property may pass by lawful descent. |
| Family | A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. |
| Group Home | A home where a small number of unrelated people in need of care, support, or supervision can live together, such as those who are elderly or mentally ill. |
| Home Occupations | A business conducted in a residential dwelling unit that is incidental and subordinate to the primary residential use. |
| Infrastructure | Basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or city. |
| Lead Agency | The governmental agency that oversees the environmental impact process and makes final decisions. |
| Master Plan | 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 organizatio |
| Moratorium | A temporary prohibition of an activity. |
| New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) | Oversees public recreational areas and administrates federal and state preservation programs authorized by federal and state law. |
| Non-conforming Use | Utilization of a use that does not comply with local zoning for a particular parcel. |
| Police Power | The right of any political body to enact laws and enforce them, for the order, safety, health, morals and general welfare of the public. |
| Right-of-Way | The right to pass over another’s land pursuant to an easement or license. |
| Setbacks | The distance from the curb or other established line, within which no buildings may be erected. |
| Spot Zoning | The application of zoning to a specific parcel of land within a larger zoned area when the rezoning is usually at odds with a city’s master plan and current zoning restrictions. |
| Subdivision Regulations | The control of the division of a tract of land into individual lots by requiring development according to specific design standards and procedures adopted by local ordinances. |
| Survey | The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area ascertained; also the blueprint showing the measurements, boundaries and area. |
| Taking | The act of a government body obtaining a property under its power of eminent domain. |
| Topography | The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. |
| Transfer of Development Rights | The purchase and use of air rights from adjoining or nearby properties. |
| Variance | The authorization to improve or develop a particular property in a manner not authorized by zoning. |
| Area Variance | Permission to modify or exceed the bulk regulations imposed by local zoning ordinances. |
| Use Variance | Permission to use or develop land other than that permitted by local zoning ordinances. |
| Zoning Ordinance | Act of city or country of other authorities specifying type and use to which property may be put in specific areas. |
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