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Zoning law
Zoning Ordinances Zoning ordinances are local or municipal laws that establishing building codes and land usage regulations for properties in a specified area. Most cities and towns are composed of regions that are zoned for residential, commercial, or industrial development, and often these zones... Read more |
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prefabrication
prefabrication in architectural construction, a technique whereby large units of a building are produced in factories to be assembled, ready-made, on the building site. The technique permits the speedy erection of very large structures. It has been applied to urban housing for more than a century.... Read more |
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Jamnia
Jamnia , biblical Jabneel and Jabneh [Heb.,=God causes to build], ancient city, central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the last years before the sack... Read more |
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reivers
reivers or moss-troopers were the names given to border raiders. There was little protection against them, save the building of peel towers and bastle-houses as temporary refuges. Liddesdale on the Scottish side and Redesdale on the English were notorious nests for reivers. Repeated agreements were... Read more |
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Grand Junction
Grand Junction city (1990 pop. 29,034), seat of Mesa co., W Colo., at the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers; inc. 1891. The shipping and processing center of a large ranch and irrigated farm region, it also serves the area's uranium, oil shale, gas, and coal-mining industries. Electronic... Read more |
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manor house
manor house dwelling house of the feudal lord of a manor, occupied by him only on occasional visits if he held many manors. Although not built specifically for fortification as castles were, many manor houses were partly fortified; they were enclosed within walls or moats that sometimes included... Read more |
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Moratorium
MORATORIUM A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or waiting. A moratorium is sometimes agreed upon by the interested parties, or it may be authorized or imposed by operation of law. The term also is used to denote a period of time during which the law authorizes a delay in... Read more |
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Dedication
DEDICATION In copyright law the first publication of a work that does not comply with the requirements relating to copyright notice and which therefore permits anyone to legally republish it. The gift of land— Read more |
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Wills
45. Wills The purpose of a will is to permit the living to provide for those who come after him or her. By “willing Read more |
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drawbridge
drawbridge. 1. Bridge over a moat, ditch, river, etc., hinged at one end, like a flap, fixed to chains at the other end, capable of being raised and lowered to prevent or permit passage over it, especially in fortifications.2. The same, but over a waterway, raised to permit the passage of ships... Read more |
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Zoning
...to grant conditional‐use permits for which provision has been...prevent construction of an office building over Grand Central Terminal...development on two oceanfront building lots eliminated “all economically...the Court concluded that building moratoria do ... |
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Westminster abbey
...Thames before Edward began his great building c.1050 but there is no certain evidence...the earliest parts to be completed. Building on such a scale was inordinately expensive...brief reign it was closed again and the buildings made over to Westminster School. ... |
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First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles
...judicial challenge. The First English Evangelical Church owned buildings that were destroyed by a flood. After the flood a new county...taking occurs “in the case of normal delays in obtaining building permits, changes in zoning ordinances, variances, and the like... |
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Illinois Ex. Rel. Mccollum v. Board of Education
...religious teachers to offer religious instruction within school buildings. The tenor of the majority and concurring opinions was strictly...did not request religious instruction went elsewhere in the building; those enrolled for religious instruction were required to...Establishment Clause ... |
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waste disposal methods
...wastes result from the demolition of buildings, roads, and factories, and include...lengthy process, only a few landfills gain permits each year in the USA.The bottom and...if future groundwater problems occur. Permits in the USA require groundwater monitoring... |
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Postal Power
...function are invalid. During the early years of the republic, building postal roads presented a common congressional pork‐barrel...letter mail, but those statutes and the applicable regulations permit private express delivery services to compete and do business... |
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reivers
...raiders. There was little protection against them, save the building of peel towers and bastle-houses as temporary refuges. Liddesdale...agreements were made between the monarchs of England and Scotland to permit the border wardens to bring offenders to justice and a special... |
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Perry, Matthew Calbraith
...1852 he made his first visit there to persuade the Japanese to permit limited foreign trade and to repatriate shipwrecked seamen...high officials would receive the letter in a specially erected building near the village of Kurihama. On 14 July the two frigates... |
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Dolan v. City of Tigard
...Commission, the justices held that municipalities had to show some relationship between the conditions they set to issue a building permit and the projected impact of a proposed development. In Nollan the issue did not arise directly, but it did in Dolan... |
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Good News Club, Inc. v. Milford Central School
...authorizing the after‐school use by district residents of school buildings for inter alia, “instruction in ... education, learning or the arts...of the community” (p. 102). The district refused to permit the Good News Club (a “private Christian organization... |
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frame
...object such as a vehicle, building, or piece of furniture...contained section of data and permits multiple independent document...erect the framework of a building.3. create or formulate (a...object such as a vehicle, building, or piece of furniture... |
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microprogramming
...instructions. In this method of designing and building a control unit, an additional memory, commonly...processors are microprogrammed. This permits a more orderly and flexible approach to control unit design and permits changes in a control unit by changing the...ROM and ... |
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passage
...the right to pass through somewhere: we obtained a permit for safe passage from the embassy. ∎ a journey or ticket for...typically having walls on either side, allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway. ∎ a duct, vessel, or other ... |
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cofferdam
cof·fer·dam / ˈkôfərˌdam; ˈkäfərˌdam/ • n. a watertight enclosure pumped dry to permit construction work below the waterline, as when building bridges or repairing a ship. |
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extension
...southern extension. ∎ a room or set of rooms added to an existing building. ∎ the action or process of becoming or making something...2. (also extension cord) a length of electric cord that permits the use of an appliance at some distance from a fixed socket... |
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nonresident
...in a particular place, esp. a country or a place of work: the building had a nonresident, part-time caretaker. ∎ (of a job...n. a person not living in a particular place: parking permits are available for Richmond residents and nonresidents. DERIVATIVES... |
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White Australia Policy
...the newly created federal government of Australia in 1901. Building on established anti-Chinese immigration restrictions, the...The controversial dictation tests were replaced by entry permits in 1958, and during the 1960s the system was completely dismantled... |
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fish days
...decreed in England during the sixteenth century, both to encourage ship building and the training of mariners, and also because of the shortage of meat, in order to permit an increase in the numbers of cattle. The Vatican rescinded the rule forbidding... |
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green
...green belt an area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted. A green belt also marks a level of proficiency...the county courts, bound in green.green card in the US, a permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in... |
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SADT
...down decomposition allows information to be dealt with at progressive levels of detail. Model-building both assists understanding and permits communication of that understanding. Adoption of a variety of complementary viewpoints allows all... |
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clear
...drains synonyms: unblock, unstop. 5. staff cleared the building synonyms: evacuate, empty; leave. 6. Karen cleared the...the atomic project synonyms: authorize, give permission, permit, allow, pass, accept, endorse, license, sanction, give... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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CITIES LOOK AT BUILDING PERMIT FEES; TO GENERATE REVENUE, PERMIT CHARGE MAY...
...approves the lower building permit fee schedule, it would take...here. It's not only the building permits (we'll collect revenue...tax base provided by the buildings." Oswego's take Here...city of Oswego took in from ... |
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TRAPELO ROAD PROJECT ISSUED BUILDING PERMIT COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION MAY NOT STOP...
...Trust succeeded in getting a building permit Dec. 8, and neighbors are crying foul. The building permit allows construction...s if he can hold onto the building permit. "It shocks me that...his way to issue ... |
 "The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Building permit measure an electric issue for many.(Real Estate and...
...bureaucrats with a building permits measure on the Nov. 4 ballot...electrical or plumbing permits. "I don't think it is...already doing it (without a permit) - and doing it in an American...practical reason for the state building code and ... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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PER-HOUR FORMULA PROPOSED FOR BUILDING-PERMIT CHARGES; Protection from...
An overhaul of building-permit fees in unincorporated...charge for building permits according to the time...universal practice of basing permit fees on construction...would fare overall. The building-permit fee ... |
 "The Herald News - Joliet (IL)")
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BUILDING PERMIT
New Lenox Building permit New Lenox has issued building permits for 158 new single-family houses with...during the first half of 2000 also included building permits for 12 condominium buildings valued at $3.94 ... |
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Realtors advocate for amnesty on building permit violations
...compliance with state building codes by offering homeowners...necessary building permits could have the work...waive standard building permit fees. The city's...TORS(r) hosts a building permit information ... |
 "La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI)")
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Local Government Owners Manual: When to obtain a building permit.
...you need a permit. --La Crosse...doesn't issue building permits, but "zoning occupancy permits" are required for detached buildings such as garages...need a town building permit. County staff...Accessory ... |
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Don't bypass your local building permit process
...the list may not require a building permit, other projects will. To...to find out what, if any, permits you'll need, the Marin Association...REALTORS® hosts a building permit information center on its...click on the "Marin ... |
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Getting the Proper Building Permit; The Legal, Insurance and Safety-Related...
...issue is building permits, and more often than...the jurisdiction, permits likely will be required...sidestepping local building permit procedures. CONSUMER PROTECTION Building codes are an outgrowth...and other types of ... |
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Dun & Bradstreet reports increased building permit values for the second...
...largest increase in building permit values in the second...Boston, where permit values increased...issuance of three permits in April for new office buildings valued at $117...The value of permits in Jersey City...a $30 ... |
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