Land Use & Zoning

What is 'inclusionary zoning' in Kansas municipal planning?

AZoning that excludes industrial uses from residential areas

BA policy requiring or incentivizing developers to include a percentage of affordable housing units in new residential developments✓ Correct

CZoning that includes mixed-use in all districts

DA policy allowing all uses in any zone

Explanation

Inclusionary zoning requires or encourages developers to set aside a percentage of units in new developments as affordable housing, addressing housing affordability challenges in growing Kansas communities.

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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.