Land Use & Zoning
Massachusetts Chapter 40B (the Anti-Snob Zoning Act) was designed to:
APrevent luxury housing developments in suburbs
BPromote affordable housing by allowing developers to bypass local zoning in communities below 10% affordable housing threshold✓ Correct
CRequire all municipalities to adopt inclusionary zoning
DLimit commercial development in residential neighborhoods
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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.
DeedA written legal instrument used to transfer ownership of real property from one party (grantor) to another (grantee).
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.
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