Land Use & Zoning
A Florida county's 'Future Land Use Map' (FLUM) designates a parcel as residential. A developer wants to build a shopping center on it. The developer must:
AObtain only a building permit
BApply for a comprehensive plan amendment to change the land use designation✓ Correct
CSimply obtain a variance
DGet FREC approval for the change
Explanation
A Future Land Use Map designation can only be changed through a formal comprehensive plan amendment process (large-scale or small-scale depending on acreage), which requires local government review, public hearings, and often state agency review.
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Key Terms to Know
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.
AgencyA legal relationship in which a licensee (agent) acts on behalf of a principal (buyer or seller) in a real estate transaction.
ZoningLocal 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.
State-Specific Concepts
FREC Regulation
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