Texas Code Enforcement Exam XAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025/2026 EDITION
B
Before the city council of a home rule city may adopt a general zoning scheme the
city must
a) Vote
b) Plan
c) hold Public hearing
d) appoint a planning and zoning commission
A
The standard zoning enabling act of the U.S. department of commerce was
published what year.
a) 1926
b) 1933
c) 1946
d) 1951
C
The body empowered to grant a variance from a certain provisions in the zoning
ordinance when literal enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship, the
variance is not contrary to public interest and the spirit of the ordinance is
maintained is known as the
a) City Council
b) Planning and zoning commission
c) Board of adjustments
d) Code enforcement office
,A
What is associated with zoning changes of small tract of land within an area of
otherwise similar land use
a) Changes in land use classification
b) Land use plan
c) Variances
d) All of the above
C
what land use areas are typically listed in a zoning ordinance?
a) residential commercial
b) residential, commercial and industrial
c) residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural
d) residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and recreational
B
Name two type of zoning
a) Performing zoning and residential zoning
b) Performing zoning and standard or Euclidean
c) Commercial zoning and standard or Euclidean
d) Residential zoning and commercial zoning
D
Zoning regulations as outlined in local government code 211.003 includes what
type of regulations
a) height, number and stories, size of buildings, location and use of buildings and
other structures
b) Population density, percentage of lot that may be occupied, and size of yards,
courts and other open spaces
c) Land use of businesses, industrial, residential and other purposes
d) All of the above
A
A city's comprehensive plan typically is made up of the following four plan
sections
, a) Land use plan, Transportation plan, Community Facilities plan, and the policy
document
b) Land use plan, residential plan, business development plan and policy
document
c) Residential development plan, Business development plan, industrial
development plan, and agricultural development plan
d) Policy document, planning and zoning plan, Code of ordinances, and the public
utilities plan
D
Zoning regulates what
a) Community development
B) Residential and industrial development
c) Neighborhood use
d) Land use
C
A system for the public control of land use for the community good is called
a) Neighborhood Planning
b) Urban Planning
c) Zoning
d) Code of ordinance
B
Land use that predates the current zoning ordinance and violates the current
zoning ordinance is known as
a) amortization zones
b) Non conforming use
c) a zoning violation
d) grandfathered use
A
what is the process of terminating non conformance on the basis of a time
schedule that's has been prescribed by the zoning board of adjustments
a)Amortization
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025/2026 EDITION
B
Before the city council of a home rule city may adopt a general zoning scheme the
city must
a) Vote
b) Plan
c) hold Public hearing
d) appoint a planning and zoning commission
A
The standard zoning enabling act of the U.S. department of commerce was
published what year.
a) 1926
b) 1933
c) 1946
d) 1951
C
The body empowered to grant a variance from a certain provisions in the zoning
ordinance when literal enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship, the
variance is not contrary to public interest and the spirit of the ordinance is
maintained is known as the
a) City Council
b) Planning and zoning commission
c) Board of adjustments
d) Code enforcement office
,A
What is associated with zoning changes of small tract of land within an area of
otherwise similar land use
a) Changes in land use classification
b) Land use plan
c) Variances
d) All of the above
C
what land use areas are typically listed in a zoning ordinance?
a) residential commercial
b) residential, commercial and industrial
c) residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural
d) residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and recreational
B
Name two type of zoning
a) Performing zoning and residential zoning
b) Performing zoning and standard or Euclidean
c) Commercial zoning and standard or Euclidean
d) Residential zoning and commercial zoning
D
Zoning regulations as outlined in local government code 211.003 includes what
type of regulations
a) height, number and stories, size of buildings, location and use of buildings and
other structures
b) Population density, percentage of lot that may be occupied, and size of yards,
courts and other open spaces
c) Land use of businesses, industrial, residential and other purposes
d) All of the above
A
A city's comprehensive plan typically is made up of the following four plan
sections
, a) Land use plan, Transportation plan, Community Facilities plan, and the policy
document
b) Land use plan, residential plan, business development plan and policy
document
c) Residential development plan, Business development plan, industrial
development plan, and agricultural development plan
d) Policy document, planning and zoning plan, Code of ordinances, and the public
utilities plan
D
Zoning regulates what
a) Community development
B) Residential and industrial development
c) Neighborhood use
d) Land use
C
A system for the public control of land use for the community good is called
a) Neighborhood Planning
b) Urban Planning
c) Zoning
d) Code of ordinance
B
Land use that predates the current zoning ordinance and violates the current
zoning ordinance is known as
a) amortization zones
b) Non conforming use
c) a zoning violation
d) grandfathered use
A
what is the process of terminating non conformance on the basis of a time
schedule that's has been prescribed by the zoning board of adjustments
a)Amortization
