Land Use & Zoning
A Minnesota city has a downtown zoning district that requires buildings to be built to the sidewalk (zero setback) with active ground-floor retail uses. This type of zoning is called:
ATraditional neighborhood design
BForm-based zoning✓ Correct
CAgricultural zoning with commercial overlay
DHeavy industrial zoning
Explanation
Form-based zoning regulates the physical form of buildings (massing, setbacks, facade requirements, street orientation) rather than focusing solely on land use. It is used in Minnesota cities to create walkable, active downtown environments by requiring buildings to engage the street.
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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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