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  2. Structural encroachment - Wikipedia

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    A structural encroachment is a concept in real property law, in which a piece of real property projects from one property over or under the property line of another landowner's premises. The actual structure that encroaches might be a tree, bush, bay window , stairway, steps, stoop , garage, leaning fence, part of a building, or other fixture .

  3. Philippine Economic Zone Authority - Wikipedia

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    In early 1972, three congressmen — Roman, Roces, and Sarmiento - sponsored the bill to convert the free trade zone authority into government corporation. This would grant the power of a corporation combined with the coercive strength of the Philippine Government to move the project ahead, especially regarding the relocation of residents.

  4. Special-use permit - Wikipedia

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    These are known as by-right uses. Then there is an extra set of uses known as special uses. To build a use that is listed as a special use, a special-use permit (or conditional-use permit) must be obtained. An example of a special-use permit may be found in a church applying for one to construct a church building in a residential neighborhood ...

  5. Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture - Wikipedia

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    The PRBoA is one of 46 Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs) under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) [1] of the Republic of the Philippines and served as the primary spokes-entity for the nine (9) Professional Regulatory Boards ("PRBs") making up the Philippine (PH) Technology (i.e. Non-Engineering) Professions i.e. the built and natural environment (BNE) professions of agriculture ...

  6. Urban sprawl - Wikipedia

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    Measures for urban sprawl in Europe: upper left the Dispersion of the built-up area (DIS), upper right the weighted urban proliferation (WUP). The term urban sprawl was often used in the letters between Lewis Mumford and Frederic J. Osborn, [17] firstly by Osborn in his 1941 letter to Mumford and later by Mumford, generally condemning the waste of agricultural land and landscape due to ...

  7. Encroachment - Wikipedia

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    Encroachment is to advance beyond proper limits, and may refer to: Temporal encroachment; Structural encroachment; Encroachment (gridiron football), a penalty in American and Canadian football; Encroachment by human populations on natural spaces that causes habitat fragmentation or habitat destruction

  8. California Coastal Commission - Wikipedia

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    This and other similar coastal projects prompted opponents to form activist groups. Their efforts eventually led to putting Proposition 20 on the ballot. [25] Proposition 20 gave the Coastal Commission permit authority for four years. The California Coastal Act of 1976 extended the Coastal Commission's authority indefinitely. [27]

  9. Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines' Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pataba at Pestisidyo, abbreviated as FPA), is a technical regulatory agency under the Department of Agriculture. The agency is responsible for assuring adequate supply of fertilizer and pesticide at reasonable prices; rationalizing the manufacture and marketing of ...