Land Use & Zoning

A 'tree preservation ordinance' in Georgia protects trees by requiring property owners to:

APlant new trees every year

BObtain permits before removing protected trees and mitigate removal through replanting or fees✓ Correct

CMaintain all trees taller than 10 feet

DOnly apply to commercial properties

Explanation

Tree preservation ordinances protect significant trees on private property by requiring permits before removal and mandating mitigation (replanting, fees) when protected trees are removed during development.

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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.