Land Use & Zoning
A Massachusetts municipality's zoning map shows an area designated 'R-1.' This typically means:
ARegional commercial district
BSingle-family residential district with minimum lot sizes✓ Correct
CRural agricultural district
DRestricted industrial zone
Explanation
In Massachusetts zoning nomenclature, 'R-1' typically designates a single-family residential district with specified minimum lot sizes, setbacks, and building heights. Specific requirements vary by municipality since zoning is a local function under Chapter 40A.
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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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