When does the city get the authority to take your land? - ✔✔u.s.
constitution 5th ammendment last sentence
1. Public Purpose
2. Must pay just compensation
PUD - ✔✔Planned Unit Developments. Development project often involving
a mixture of land uses and densities not permitted by normal zoning. It is
allowed because the entire development is viewed as an integrated whole
The theory of public planning - ✔✔The separation of land uses
enhances property values by controlling negative externalities
,Comprehensive Plan (required by law) - ✔✔local government's general
guide to a community's growth and future development based on the
community's goals and objectives. Includes projections of its need for
infrastructure, public services, land, financial resources. Must be flexible
enough to adapt to market forces
Zoning - ✔✔Enforced by police power
regulation of land use, population density, and building size by ordering the use of
land according to zones or special districts
Purpose of Zoning - ✔✔Control Negative Externalities (with the objective
of enhancing and preserving property values)
Inverse Condemnation - ✔✔Limit the land's use. Reduce value of property.
Down Zone you. But you keep the property.
A legal action of just compensation taken by a landowner against the government
for a partial taking.
Land use zoning and planning purposes (again) and unintended consequences
- ✔✔Control growth. Minimize negative externalities.
By limiting densities, zoning may contribute to urban sprawl
By encouraging high density development, they may contribute to congestion
and crime or more neg ext
, Growth Management Laws often Require - ✔✔1. adoption of
acceptable comprehensive plans
2. Economic and enviornmental impact statements for large scale plans
3. Concurrency (must be in place prior to development)
4. Affordable housing allocation for low income fam
Growth Management may be applied using - ✔✔1. urban service areas
2. extraterritorial jurisdictions
3. growth limits
4. growth moratoriums
5. property tax rewards
The New Urbanism - ✔✔A. Homes closer to the street with porches
B. On-street parking
C. Narrow streets
D. Mixture of commercial/residential land use (stores on the bottom,
residential on top)
Any house built before 1978 - ✔✔lead paint. must disclose to buyer
Toxic waste or sludge - ✔✔abestos and fiberglass
PCB's (cause cancer)
LUSTS - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Lead Paint
Radon
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