ANSWERED||F.A.C.E Fundamentals of Code Enforcement Level I

ANSWERED||F.A.C.E Fundamentals of
Code Enforcement Level I
Acre - Correct Answer A parcel of land measuring 43,560 square feet, or 208.71 feet square.



Abutting - Correct Answer Immediately adjacent, such as a parcel of land or body of water.



Base Line - Correct Answer The imagery East-West line used in the government survey method
of land description to establish the starting point for North and South description.



Building code - Correct Answer A group of ordinances that regulate building construction
within a community



Building line - Correct Answer The distance from the boundary line of a property within which
no structure may be built ; a setback



chain - Correct Answer And unit of measurement used in land surveying- 66 feet



Check - Correct Answer A measurement of land; a 24 Mile by 24 Mile Square containing 16
townships



Correction lines - Correct Answer Place by surveyors at 24 Mile intervals to compensate for the
Earth's curvature in the government Survey System of the land description



Cul-de-sac - Correct Answer A road ending in a circle



Deed - Correct Answer A written instrument that conveys title to land

,Easement - Correct Answer Interest in another land as for right away or access to provide
utilities



Frontage - Correct Answer The distance property abuts a particular feature such a road or a
river



Government survey method - Correct Answer A system of land description dividing portions of
the u.s. into a grid system of numbered lines north to south and east to west



Grantee - Correct Answer The recipient of title in a Conveyance



Grantor - Correct Answer The conveyor of title in a conveyance



Land description - Correct Answer The description of a parcel of real estate which identifies it
has distinguished from other parcels



Legal description - Correct Answer A unique and legally acceptable method of identifying
property



Location - Correct Answer The physical site of a property



Lot, block and subdivision - Correct Answer A legal description method that refers to a
recorded map of the subdivision that outlines and numbers each individual lot



Maps and plats - Correct Answer Surveys of Land showing boundaries dimensions monuments
and other appropriate features



Meridian - Correct Answer Any of the north-south lines six miles apart which established the
boundaries of townships in the government Survey System of land description

, Metes and Bounds description - Correct Answer The method of land description that starts at a
point of beginning and "walks the boundaries" of a parcel of Real Estate



Mile - Correct Answer A distance of 5280 feet



Minimum lot area - Correct Answer A zoning or deed requirement of a certain lot size for a
specified use of a parcel of Real Estate



Monument - Correct Answer A natural or constructed feature used as a reference point in
property descriptions



Municipal ordinance - Correct Answer Local laws regulating specified activities



Parcel - Correct Answer A lot, also, a specified tract of property



Plat book - Correct Answer A public record containing official plats of subdivisions located in a
County. In the past, there were physical books. Currently, the books often take the form of rolls
of microfilm.



Point of beginning (POB) - Correct Answer The starting point of the description of a parcel
using the metes and Bounds method of property description.



Police power - Correct Answer The power of the government to regulate activity for the safety,
Health and Welfare of the populace.



Principal Meridian - Correct Answer The beginning north-south line to which the other
meridians are oriented the government survey method of property description.