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| 3 steps for gov't administering property tax |
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- Property value assessment of all properties in the jurisdiction
- Development of a budget and tax rate
- Tax billing and collection
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| Owner forces purchases of property by government by stating that some act the gov't has done (announce a new road or airport where property is) has made it impossible to sell the property for private purposes. |
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| The process of dividing a community's land into districts in which |
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| Controls the % of the lot area that may be occupied by buildings. |
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| Intensity of use - also known as developmental density |
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| Extent to which land in the zone may be used for its permitted purposes. Example how many dwellings can be built on one lot, etc. |
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| Relationship between the total floor area of a building and the total land area of the site. Ex - Ratio of 4:1 allows a 4 story building to occupy the entire lot. An 8 story building could occupy half the surface area of the lot. |
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| Performance or impact zoning |
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| Relates permitted uses of land to certain performance standards, usually to protect the environment. Industrial-use standards include noise, pollution, smoke, smell regulations. |
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| Continuing zoning use that was legal before a zoning ordinance was passed but that no longer complies with the current zoning regulation. |
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| To obtain approval for a project, developers have to dedicate certain parts of a new development to public use like rights-of-way, streets, utilities. |
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| Fees on new developments to raise money for public uses like streets, pathways, sidewalks, etc. |
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| 5 elements of a Comprehensive General Plan |
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- Analysis of projected economic and population developments
- Transportation plan
- public facilities plan
- land-use plan
- official map
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