Land Use & Zoning

Georgia's 'OneGeorgia Authority' is focused on:

AA. Uniform building codes across all counties

BB. Economic development and infrastructure improvements in rural and economically distressed areas✓ Correct

CC. Coordinating zoning between adjacent counties

DD. Managing state-owned real property

Explanation

The OneGeorgia Authority provides grants and loans to rural and economically distressed communities for infrastructure, economic development, and other projects to reduce the economic disparity between urban and rural Georgia.

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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.