Environmental
Colorado's 'Geologic Hazard Act' requires county governments to:
APrevent all development on slopes steeper than 30%
BIdentify and regulate development in areas subject to geologic hazards such as landslides, rockfall, and mine subsidence✓ Correct
COnly regulate earthquake risk
DReport geologic hazards to the federal government only
Explanation
Colorado's Geologic Hazard Act (C.R.
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Key Terms to Know
Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
VarianceOfficial 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 PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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