Chapter 20: Land-Use Controls and Property Development

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