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amount of compensation that restores the property owner to a financial position equivalent to that existing before the property was taken

just compensation

type of land use that has often been viewed as a threat to destabilize a single family, owner, oriented neighborhood is

large numbers of student rental households in the neighborhood

computation of taxable property value must derive from

market value

toxic substances that have posed problems to property owners

- asbestos - mold - radon - leaking underground storage tanks

three forms of conventional land use controls

- building codes - zoning - subdivision regulations

characteristics of building codes include

- continue to change with changing technology - address safety, healthy and sanitation - generally are regional rather than strictly local

aspects of subdivision regulation include the requirements for

- coordination of streets with surrounding subdivision - adequate quality of streets - adequate provision of water and sewers

examples of natural monopolies

- electrical utility - water company

failure to pay property taxes can lead to

- foreclosure - public auction

example of conflicting notions of best practice in urban planning

- grid street patterns vs cul-de-sac streets - uniform residential densities vs mixed residential densities

examples of partial exemptions for property taxes include exemptions from

- historical property - veterans - blind - widows - disabled ppl

zoning has been called a poor solution to land use market failure because it

- it forces supporting business services away from the neighborhoods they serve - restricts the supply of lower priced housing

true statements about the legality of zoning include

- it must provide for a range of housing types of income levels - upheld as a use of police power by the ussc - based on a comprehensive plan

standard elements of zoning include

- land use classifications - map - setback requirements

components that typically are in a community comprehensive plan include

- map of various uses within the community - allocation of land to various uses - plans for schools and otherpublic facilities

standard features of traditional zoning include

- minimum lot dimensions - bulk limits for buildings - provision for special use districts

steps to creating a comprehensive plan

- projecting demand for public services - projecting population growth - projecting demand for natural resources

form-based zoning

- replaces zoning by land use with zoning by development configuration - most recent alternative to conventional zoning

site plan review board will

- review proposed subdivisions -review site plans for apartments/commercial /industrial sites - make recommendations to the elected officials

types of property that commonly are exempt from property taxes

- schools/universities - places of worship - hospitals - religious organizations

attractions of the property tax for local gov include

- steady or reliable - easy to collect or enfore

three types of conventional land use controls are

- subdivision regulation - zoning -building codes

events that triggered the revolution in land use controls

- the environment movement - love canal disaster - publication of silent spring

police power is the power of any government to regulate in the interest of

- the general wealth - safety of citizens - health

public land use planning may have a weak foundation because:

- the notions of "best practice" are unsettled and changing - it has relatively very short history and base of experience

national law that has imposed permitting requirements on millions of acres of land has been brought to the us supreme court and that continues to stir great controversy

clean water act

planning or zoning commission is appointed as an advisory board by the

elected governing body

theoretic idea of impact fees is that they can "internalize"

externalities

example of market failure due to incomplete info about construction quality include:

inability to examine plumbing under a concrete slab floor - non visible electrical systems once walls are closed in

go restrictions reduce the value of a private property sufficiently, it is possible for the property owner to sue the gov to force the gov to acquire the property through eminent domain

inverse condemnation

an ad valorem tax is levied at rates between 1.0 and 4.0 percent of

property's market value

main attraction of performance standards is that they can address the problematic effects of a land use more flexibility and efficiently

separation of land uses

special assessments are based more on equally ....... the total cost of improvements

sharing

to derive taxable value of a property from assessed value

subtract any applicable exemptions

Eminent domain

the right of government to acquire private property, without the owner's consent, for public use in exchange for just compensation

amount of revenue that a jurisdiction must raise from property taxes is the difference between

total budget and its revenues from other sources

planned unit development (pud) allows residential density to range from singlefamily to multifamily

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