Unit 19 of 19

Planning, zoning, and environmental hazards

Comprehensive plans, zoning, building codes, subdivision regulation, and common environmental hazards in Florida.

  1. 1
    Comprehensive plans and police power
    How Florida's Community Planning Act requires every county and city to adopt a comprehensive plan, what the plan must contain, how concurrency works, and how police power differs from eminent domain.
    +50 XP
  2. 2
    Zoning concepts and exceptions
    Cumulative and exclusive zoning, buffer zones, nonconforming uses, variances, special exceptions, rezoning, and spot zoning, explained in plain English for the Florida sales associate exam.
    +50 XP
  3. 3
    Subdivisions, plats, and building codes
    How Florida's plat law (Chapter 177) controls subdividing land, why recorded plats matter for legal descriptions, and how the Florida Building Code, building permits, and certificates of occupancy work.
    +50 XP
  4. 4
    Flood zones, flood insurance, and wetlands
    Special flood hazard areas, Zone A and Zone V, when federal law requires flood insurance on a mortgage, the 30-day waiting period, and how wetlands are regulated in Florida.
    +50 XP
  5. 5
    Sinkholes, coastal property, and contamination
    Florida sinkhole and catastrophic ground cover collapse coverage, the Coastal Construction Control Line and its disclosure, and the basics of mold, asbestos, underground storage tanks, and Superfund liability.
    +50 XP

Practice questions

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