REE Chapter 4
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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