Land Use & Zoning
In Kentucky, 'cumulative zoning' is a traditional approach where higher-use zones:
AExclude all lower-intensity uses
BPermit the uses allowed in lower-intensity zones in addition to their own designated uses✓ Correct
CRequire higher-density development
DOnly allow uses specifically listed
Explanation
In cumulative zoning, each successive zone (from residential to commercial to industrial) includes all the uses of the lower zones. Industrial zones, for example, permit residential and commercial uses as well.
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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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