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F.A.C.E Fundamentals of Code Enforcement Level I with correct answers
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F.A.C.E Fundamentals of CodeEnforcement Level I
Acre - correct answer ✔✔A parcel of land measuring 43,560 square feet, or 208.71 feet square.
Abutting - correct answer ✔✔Immediately adjacent, such as a parcel of land or body of water.
Base Line - correct answer ✔✔The imagery East-West line used in the government survey method of
land description to establish the starting point for North and South description.
Building code - correct answer ✔✔A group of ordinances that regulate building construction within a
community
Building line - correct answer ✔✔The distance from the boundary line of a property within which no
structure may be built ; a setback
chain - correct answer ✔✔And unit of measurement used in land surveying- 66 feet
Check - correct answer ✔✔A measurement of land; a 24 Mile by 24 Mile Square containing 16 townships
Correction lines - correct answer ✔✔Place by surveyors at 24 Mile intervals to compensate for the
Earth's curvature in the government Survey System of the land description
Cul-de-sac - correct answer ✔✔A road ending in a circle
Deed - correct answer ✔✔A written instrument that conveys title to land
Easement - correct answer ✔✔Interest in another land as for right away or access to provide utilities
,Frontage - correct answer ✔✔The distance property abuts a particular feature such a road or a river
Government survey method - correct answer ✔✔A system of land description dividing portions of the
u.s. into a grid system of numbered lines north to south and east to west
Grantee - correct answer ✔✔The recipient of title in a Conveyance
Grantor - correct answer ✔✔The conveyor of title in a conveyance
Land description - correct answer ✔✔The description of a parcel of real estate which identifies it has
distinguished from other parcels
Legal description - correct answer ✔✔A unique and legally acceptable method of identifying property
Location - correct answer ✔✔The physical site of a property
Lot, block and subdivision - correct answer ✔✔A legal description method that refers to a recorded map
of the subdivision that outlines and numbers each individual lot
Maps and plats - correct answer ✔✔Surveys of Land showing boundaries dimensions monuments and
other appropriate features
Meridian - correct answer ✔✔Any of the north-south lines six miles apart which established the
boundaries of townships in the government Survey System of land description
Metes and Bounds description - correct answer ✔✔The method of land description that starts at a point
of beginning and "walks the boundaries" of a parcel of Real Estate
Mile - correct answer ✔✔A distance of 5280 feet
, Minimum lot area - correct answer ✔✔A zoning or deed requirement of a certain lot size for a specified
use of a parcel of Real Estate
Monument - correct answer ✔✔A natural or constructed feature used as a reference point in property
descriptions
Municipal ordinance - correct answer ✔✔Local laws regulating specified activities
Parcel - correct answer ✔✔A lot, also, a specified tract of property
Plat book - correct answer ✔✔A public record containing official plats of subdivisions located in a
County. In the past, there were physical books. Currently, the books often take the form of rolls of
microfilm.
Point of beginning (POB) - correct answer ✔✔The starting point of the description of a parcel using the
metes and Bounds method of property description.
Police power - correct answer ✔✔The power of the government to regulate activity for the safety,
Health and Welfare of the populace.
Principal Meridian - correct answer ✔✔The beginning north-south line to which the other meridians are
oriented the government survey method of property description.
Public dedication - correct answer ✔✔Contribution of land to the government by a developer for public
uses
Public utility easement - correct answer ✔✔The right given for use of property owned by private
individuals for the creation and maintenance of utility service
Range - correct answer ✔✔The six mile wide strip running North and South, used in the government
survey method of the property description, found it on the east and west by Range Lines.
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