Land Use & Zoning

Indiana's Residential Compatibility Standards attempt to ensure that:

AAll homes look identical

BNew development is compatible with the scale, character, and design of existing neighborhoods✓ Correct

CAll residential buildings meet the same square footage requirements

DNew buildings must be approved by all adjacent neighbors

Explanation

Residential compatibility standards (sometimes called infill standards) ensure that new construction in established neighborhoods is compatible with the existing built environment in terms of scale, setbacks, height, and design.

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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.