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| Deed restrictions | Restrictive covenants in a deed that apply to all future landowners |
| To make a deed restriction enforceable against third parties... | It must be recorded |
| Doctrine of laches | Loss of legal rights occurs due to the failure to assert rights in a timely manner |
| Police power | Constitutional power of state and local governments to enact and enforce laws that protect the publics health, safety, morals and general welfare. |
| Eminent domain | Governments constitutional power to appropriate or condemn private property for public use, as long as the owner is paid |
| Developers of subdivisions with 25 or more nonexempt lots | Must register with hud and provide each purchaser with a disclosure statement known as a property report |
| Article 9-A applies ... | Only to vacant land sold on an installment plan |
| Plat | Depicts the arrangement of buildings, roads, and other services for a development |
| Abutting properties | Directly continguous parcels, sharing at least one common boundary |
| Spot Zoning | Illegal rezoning of a single parcel of a small area to benefit one or more property owners |
| The essential function of the zoning board of appeals | To grant variances, ti interpret ordinances |
| Nonconforming uses | When land does not conform to current zoning laws, but is legally allowed because the land use was established before the new zoning laws |
| Variance | Is a form of administrative relief that allows property to be used in a way that does not comply with the zoning ordinance |
| Certificate of occupancy | Permit issued to the builder after all inspections have been made and the property is deemed fit for ocupancy |
