Land Use & Zoning

What is 'inclusionary zoning' in Idaho communities?

AZoning that prohibits any restrictions on land use

BA requirement that new residential developments include a percentage of affordable housing units✓ Correct

CZoning that includes all property types in one district

DA zoning ordinance that applies uniformly statewide

Explanation

Inclusionary zoning requires developers of new residential projects to include a certain percentage of units priced at below-market rates for income-qualified residents, increasing affordable housing supply.

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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.