LARE Questions with 100% Correct Answers
# Term Definition
1 (15') (10')
Paved vehicular circulation (parking,
drives - not the entry- , loading spaces
etc.) should be at least ___ from any
street right-of-way (property line
along a street), and at least ___ from
any other property line.
2 (25') (15')
All buildings shall be set back at least
___ from any street right-of-way
(property line along a street), and at
least ___ from all other property lines.
3 (50') Activities that require direct water access are
All development requiring site
permitted (boat docks, boat ramps, etc.)
disturbance shall be set back at least
___ from any designated stream edge
or other water body. What are the
exemptions?
4 (100')
All development requiring site
disturbance shall be set back at least
___ from the edge of any designated
wetland.
5 Enclosed structures and their appurtenances.
What is not permitted within a
floodplain?
6 Define incompatible use.
An incompatible use is where there is proposed
commercial and an adjacent parcel zoned residential.
Institutional used such as schools, libraries, churches,
hospitals and daycare facilities are exempt.
7 (25')
There shall be a ___ setback provided
from any property line where there is
an incompatible use.
, 8 The area within an incompatible use
setback shall not be utilized for what? Structures, roads, and parking areas or for any active
recreation purpose such as tennis courts, swimming
pools, playgrounds or uses of a similar nature.
# Term Definition
9 (30')
There shall be a ___ clear zone, free of
obstructions, around active
recreational uses such as football,
soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball
or uses of a similar nature.
10 Pedestrian or vehicular circulation. (unless providing
What should not be located within an direct access to the recreation use).
Active Recreation Setback?
11 When are guardrails required?
On retaining walls where differences in grade level on
either side of the wall are in excess of (2.5') and are
located closer than (3') to a walk, path, parking lot or
driveway on the high side.
12 How tall should guardrails be?
Minimum of (42") in height measured from the leading
edge of a stair tread or adjacent surface.
13 Open guardrails must have what?
Balusters or other construction such that a sphere with a
diameter of (4") cannot pass through.
14 East-northeast from home plate to center field.
Which way should a baseball/softball
field be oriented?
15 Long axis north-south
Which was should a football/soccer
field be oriented?
16 Long axis north-south
Which way should a
tennis/basketball/volleyball court be
oriented?
, 17 South-southeast to South-southwest
Which way should passive and active
solar systems be located?
18 (800')
What is the maximum length for a cul-
de-sac?
19 Parking shall not back in what? Primary circulation or entrances.
# Term Definition
20 Parking lot ingress/egress.
Vehicular circulation used solely for
____________ is not considered
primary circulation.
21 (75')
Vehicular circulation entrances must
be directly aligned or offset a minimum
of ___.
22 (26')
Two-way vehicular circulation shall be
a minimum of ___.
23 (11')
One-way vehicular circulation shall be
a minimum of ___.
24 (18')
The minimum inside turning radius for
automobiles shall be ___.
25 (30')
The minimum inside turning radius for
large vehicles (such as trucks, buses,
and emergency vehicles) shall be ___.
26 20' x 9'
The dimension for a standard parking
space shall be __________.
27 (20')
The minimum aisle width for a parking
lot shall be ___.
# Term Definition
1 (15') (10')
Paved vehicular circulation (parking,
drives - not the entry- , loading spaces
etc.) should be at least ___ from any
street right-of-way (property line
along a street), and at least ___ from
any other property line.
2 (25') (15')
All buildings shall be set back at least
___ from any street right-of-way
(property line along a street), and at
least ___ from all other property lines.
3 (50') Activities that require direct water access are
All development requiring site
permitted (boat docks, boat ramps, etc.)
disturbance shall be set back at least
___ from any designated stream edge
or other water body. What are the
exemptions?
4 (100')
All development requiring site
disturbance shall be set back at least
___ from the edge of any designated
wetland.
5 Enclosed structures and their appurtenances.
What is not permitted within a
floodplain?
6 Define incompatible use.
An incompatible use is where there is proposed
commercial and an adjacent parcel zoned residential.
Institutional used such as schools, libraries, churches,
hospitals and daycare facilities are exempt.
7 (25')
There shall be a ___ setback provided
from any property line where there is
an incompatible use.
, 8 The area within an incompatible use
setback shall not be utilized for what? Structures, roads, and parking areas or for any active
recreation purpose such as tennis courts, swimming
pools, playgrounds or uses of a similar nature.
# Term Definition
9 (30')
There shall be a ___ clear zone, free of
obstructions, around active
recreational uses such as football,
soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball
or uses of a similar nature.
10 Pedestrian or vehicular circulation. (unless providing
What should not be located within an direct access to the recreation use).
Active Recreation Setback?
11 When are guardrails required?
On retaining walls where differences in grade level on
either side of the wall are in excess of (2.5') and are
located closer than (3') to a walk, path, parking lot or
driveway on the high side.
12 How tall should guardrails be?
Minimum of (42") in height measured from the leading
edge of a stair tread or adjacent surface.
13 Open guardrails must have what?
Balusters or other construction such that a sphere with a
diameter of (4") cannot pass through.
14 East-northeast from home plate to center field.
Which way should a baseball/softball
field be oriented?
15 Long axis north-south
Which was should a football/soccer
field be oriented?
16 Long axis north-south
Which way should a
tennis/basketball/volleyball court be
oriented?
, 17 South-southeast to South-southwest
Which way should passive and active
solar systems be located?
18 (800')
What is the maximum length for a cul-
de-sac?
19 Parking shall not back in what? Primary circulation or entrances.
# Term Definition
20 Parking lot ingress/egress.
Vehicular circulation used solely for
____________ is not considered
primary circulation.
21 (75')
Vehicular circulation entrances must
be directly aligned or offset a minimum
of ___.
22 (26')
Two-way vehicular circulation shall be
a minimum of ___.
23 (11')
One-way vehicular circulation shall be
a minimum of ___.
24 (18')
The minimum inside turning radius for
automobiles shall be ___.
25 (30')
The minimum inside turning radius for
large vehicles (such as trucks, buses,
and emergency vehicles) shall be ___.
26 20' x 9'
The dimension for a standard parking
space shall be __________.
27 (20')
The minimum aisle width for a parking
lot shall be ___.
