📕 x Land Use Controls

An owner of a lakefront property tells a fisherman that he cannot fish in a boat within fifty feet of the owner’s shoreline.
The fisherman protests that the owner cannot prevent him.
Which of the following is true?

The fisherman is correct because the water and the land underlying it are public property. b. The owner's prohibition is valid, since the underlying land belongs to abutting properties to the middle of the lake.
The owner's prohibition is valid, since the underlying land belongs to abutting properties to the middle of the lake.
The owner can prevent the fisherman from fishing within ten feet, but not beyond.
The owner's prohibition is valid if all lakefront property owners have agreed to it.

The purpose of a buffer zone is to accomplish which of the following?

Privacy space between residences in an upscale subdivision.
A neutral zone between different forms of land use.
Isolation of a non-conforming use in a municipality.
A green area for large-scale residential developments.

A property owner wants to use water from a river that runs through the property to irrigate a potato field. To do so, the owner is required by state law to submit an application to the Department of Water Resources describing in detail the plan for beneficial use of the water. If the department approves the owner’s application, it will issue a permit allowing a limited amount of river water to be diverted onto the property. Based on these facts, it can be assumed that this property owner’s state relies on which rule of law?

Riparian rights
Littoral rights
The doctrine of prior appropriation
The doctrine of the highest and best use

Title records of a property reveal several recorded liens: a
one-year old judgment lien; a mechanic’s lien dating from
two years ago; a special assessment tax lien recorded last
month; and a first mortgage lien recorded five years ago.
In case of a foreclosure, which of these liens will be paid
first?

First mortgage lien
Special assessment tax lien
Mechanic's lien
Judgment lien

A primary objective of residential zoning is

regulate rates of appreciation and depreciation of land
promote the value and planned land use of a neighborhood.
eliminate nonconforming uses, variances, and special exceptions.
disperse intensity of usage.

A shop was originally built in a commercial zone. The zone has since been changed to a residential zone. Zoning authorities permit the use, most likely as

a variance.
a special exception.
an illegal nonconforming use.
a legal nonconforming use.

The PRIMARY purpose of zoning ordinances is to

control the quality of building materials.
implement a local master plan.
establish appropriate boards for appeal.
regulate business districts.

A property owner’s land is located along the banks of a river. This owner’s water rights are called

Littoral rights
Prior appropriation rights
Riparian rights
Hereditaments

📕 x Land Use Controls

Quiz Summary

Information

Results

Results

Categories

1. Question

2. Question

3. Question

4. Question

5. Question

6. Question

7. Question

8. Question

Who’s Online