Chapter 20: Land-Use Controls and Property Development

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Across
  1. 2. Private agreements that affect land use
  2. 5. Permission to occupy a building structure
  3. 7. A clause in a deed that limits the way the real estate ownership may be used
  4. 9. Plan to guide physical development of an area
  5. 10. A tract of land divided into blocks, building lots, and streets
  6. 11. State legislation that confers zoning and other powers on municipal governments
  7. 13. An ordinance to specify standards of use for a building
  8. 14. An exercise of police powerby a municipality to regulate and control the character and use of property
  9. 16. A planned combination of diverse land uses, such as housing, recreation, and shopping, in one contained development or subdivision
  10. 17. A use of property that is permitted to continue after a zoning ordinance prohibiting it has been established for the area
  11. 18. A map of a town, section, or subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties
  12. 19. One who attempts to put land to its most profitable use through the construction of improvements
Down
  1. 1. A federal law that regulates the sale of certain real estate in interstate commerce
  2. 3. One who buys undeveloped land, divides it into smaller, usable lots and sells the lots to potential users
  3. 4. Ordinance to restrict the maximum average number of housing units per acre
  4. 6. Allowance a use inconsistent with zoning
  5. 8. Clauses in a deed limiting future uses of the property
  6. 12. Permission obtained from zoning authorities to build a structure or conduct a use that is expressly prohibited by the current zoning laws
  7. 15. A strip of land to separate on land use from another