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For a more complete list of real estate terms, please
view our comprehensive
Real Estate Glossary
1. TRPA The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
2. Coverage / coverage transfer
3. IPES score: (rhymes with “yipes”) A number
assigned to a parcel from the TRPA to determine development
eligibility and allowable coverage. Adopted in 1987, IPES scores
apply only on vacant residential parcels. An IPES score is based
on the following eight elements: * Relative erosion hazard *
Runoff potential * Access * Stream environment zones * Condition
of local watershed * Ability to revegetate * Need for water
quality improvements in the vicinity of the parcel * distance
from Lake Tahoe. Each parcel was given an IPES score ranging
from 0 to 1017. Parcels with an IPES score of 726 (the "cutoff"
line) or higher were considered "buildable." Annually, TRPA
evaluates how each jurisdiction in the basin has worked towards
protecting environmental quality; based on these studies, staff
may lower the IPES "cutoff" line, thus increasing the number
of parcels that are "buildable." Currently, if a parcel has
an IPES score of 581 or greater in El Dorado county, 726 or
greater in Placer county, 325 or greater in Washoe county, and
106 or greater in Douglas county, it is above the "cutoff" line.
Land Coverage allowed pursuant to IPES Base allowable coverage
on IPES parcels is determined by the first two of the above
mentioned elements: Relative erosion hazard and runoff potential.
Because only two of the eight elements determine coverage, two
parcels may have identical IPES scores, but different percentages
of allowable coverage. When a parcel is scored, only 1/3 of
an acre (14,520 sq. feet) is evaluated. For parcels larger than
1/3 acre, a Determination of Allowable Coverage application
is needed for TRPA to determine if the whole parcel is "similar
and contiguous" to the original 1/3 acre evaluated. If a parcel
is at least 25,410 sq. feet an owner may apply for an alternative
building site evaluation for the parcel. The alternative building
site may not overlap the original building site by more than
25%.
4. Allocation / allocation transfer
5. Forest service lot
6. BMP’s or Best Management Practices Best
Management Practices are methods to help developed properties
function more like natural, undisturbed forest and meadowland.
Water that is conveyed to a lake by an undisturbed watershed
is usually quite pure, because the watershed's soils and plants
act as a natural water purification system. BMPs help developed
properties mimic natural conditions, preventing sediment and
nutrients from entering our surface waters and filtering runoff
water through the soil. By implementing BMPs, property owners
can help slow the loss of lake clarity. BMPs prescribed for
residential properties usually fall into the following categories:
vegetating and mulching bare, disturbed soils; infiltrating
storm water runoff from impervious surfaces; paving dirt driveways
and roads; and stabilizing or retaining steep slopes and loose
soils. Mulching and vegetating soils helps them to absorb rain
and snow melt like a sponge, mimicking natural conditions. TRPA
regulations require that native and/or adaptive vegetation is
planted, reducing the amount of irrigation and fertilization
needed, thereby reducing nutrient loading and runoff even further.
Runoff from impervious surfaces is stored and infiltrated in
specially designed systems, which allows the storm water to
filter through the soil instead of letting it collect and run
off the property. Paved driveways are a good BMP because dirt
driveways become compacted over time, allowing storm water to
flush dirt off of them into surface waters. Also, vehicle tires
pick up sediment from dirt driveways and track it on to street
surfaces, where it flushes into storm drains and ultimately
Lake Tahoe during the next rainstorm. Unstable slopes and loose
soils can be stabilized in several ways depending on the steepness
of the slope, including attractive methods that utilize native
vegetation and rock. Steeper slopes may require wood or rock
retaining walls, terraces, or willow wattles.
7. BMP Compliant
8. The “y” - area where Hwy 50 and Hwy 89 intersect
which is commercial and residential.
9. Shredders - snowboarders.
10. Nevada Lifts - refers to Boulder and Stagecoach
Lodge at Heavenly Ski Resort. These base lodges are located on the
Nevada side of the resort.
11. The Grade - refers to Kingsbury Grade NV
Route 207.
12. The Valley - Carson Valley, NV and neighboring
communities like Genoa, Minden and Gardnerville
13. At Stateline - refers to the
point where California and Nevada meet on Hwy 50 and the casinos
area begins.
14. The Bug Station - nickname for the Agricultural
Check Point located on Hwy 50 in Meyers. This is a checkpoint
station that trucks generally have to go through.
15. Emerald Bay Road - also known as Highway
89, it is considered Emerald Bay Road starting at the Y and
traveling north
16. The Keys - an exclusive neighborhood where
neighbors share canals which lead to larger canals and eventually
reach Lake Tahoe. Keys is short for Tahoe Keys.
17. Spooner - summit between Carson City and
Lake Tahoe on Hwy 50.
18. Echo - first summit heading west on Hwy
50 towards Sacramento.
19. The Side - Lakeside Casino, a popular local
hangout
19. Camp Rich - Short for Camp Richardson
20. Pioneer - Pioneer Trail, which intersects
Hwy 50 in Meyers and near Stateline. Good "backroad" to take to
get to Kirkwood and Sierra from Stateline and vice versa.
21. Chain Monkey - people who are paid, very
well in fact, to put chains on cars during storms. They are
located on the shoulder at chain control stops along Tahoe highways.
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