Land Use & Zoning

What is 'historical preservation zoning' in Delaware?

AZoning for properties with a history of multiple uses

BOverlay zoning designating historic districts where new construction and renovations must be compatible with the area's historic character✓ Correct

CZoning that prevents demolition of any building over 50 years old

DFederal zoning that applies to National Historic Landmarks only

Explanation

Historic preservation zoning (typically an overlay zone) designates historic districts and imposes design review requirements ensuring that alterations, new construction, and demolition in the district are compatible with the area's historic character.

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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.

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.

Eminent Domain

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

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.