F.A.C.E FUNDAMENTALS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT LEVEL I QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

F.A.C.E FUNDAMENTALS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT LEVEL I
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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.


Public dedication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Contribution of land to the government by a
developer for public uses