Direction Of More Restrictive Missed
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Real Property1
Example wrong choices
15020_bethel_grove_height_cap · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice ANo, because zoning laws regulate all property use.
Why it's attractive
Even granting zoning regulates property, that doesn't address whether a stricter private rule is enforceable — a non-sequitur.
Why it's wrong
Even granting zoning regulates property, that doesn't address whether a stricter private rule is enforceable — a non-sequitur.
15020_bethel_grove_height_cap · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice CYes, because a private rule overrides a zoning ordinance.
Why it's attractive
Reaches 'Yes' but reverses the rule — a private rule never overrides zoning; it may only add restriction on top of the public floor.
Why it's wrong
Reaches 'Yes' but reverses the rule — a private rule never overrides zoning; it may only add restriction on top of the public floor.
15020_bethel_grove_height_cap · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DNo, because the zoning ordinance overrides all private rules.
Why it's attractive
'Overrides all private rules' is an absolute tell; zoning is a floor that stricter private rules may exceed.
Why it's wrong
'Overrides all private rules' is an absolute tell; zoning is a floor that stricter private rules may exceed.
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