Land Use & Zoning

In Missouri, 'urban sprawl' describes the pattern of:

ADense urban infill development

BLow-density, automobile-dependent development spreading into undeveloped land at the urban fringe✓ Correct

CIndustrial development in city centers

DHigh-rise development in suburbs

Explanation

Urban sprawl in Missouri (as elsewhere) involves the spread of low-density, single-use development into agricultural and natural lands at the suburban fringe. It increases infrastructure costs, traffic, and environmental impacts, affecting regional real estate markets.

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Zoning

Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.

Variance

Official 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 Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.