Environmental
Brownfield sites in Kentucky are characterized as:
AAgricultural land with nutrient-depleted soil
BAbandoned or underused industrial or commercial properties with actual or potential contamination✓ Correct
CWetland areas adjacent to commercial development
DProperties adjacent to coal mines with subsidence risk
Explanation
Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. Kentucky has brownfield redevelopment programs to encourage cleanup and reuse of such sites.
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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.
VarianceOfficial 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 DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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