Land Use & ZoningIntermediateArizona Exam

In Arizona, a city can require a developer to dedicate right-of-way for roads as a condition of subdivision approval under the doctrine of:

AEminent domain, in which the government pays just compensation to acquire private land for public use as a condition of granting the developer's project approval

BExactions and dedications tied to the project's proportionate impact on public facilitiesCorrect

CPure police power regulations that impose restrictions on the developer's property without any compensation, based solely on public health and safety considerations

DGeneral plan compliance conditions, which require all new developments to demonstrate consistency with the adopted general plan before a development permit is issued

Why Exactions and dedications tied to the project's proportionate impact on public facilities Is Correct

Answer B: Exactions and dedications tied to the project's proportionate impact on public facilities

Development exactions (impact fees, dedications) are permissible if they bear a 'rational nexus' (connection) and are 'roughly proportionate' to the development's impact on public facilities—balancing developer obligations with constitutional takings concerns.

Key Land Use & Zoning Terms in This Question

Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

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Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Zoning

Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.

Variance

Official permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.