Environmental
In New Mexico, 'air quality non-attainment areas' (like Albuquerque-Bernalillo County for particulate matter) have special restrictions related to:
ABuilding height limits
BStricter emission controls on vehicles, wood burning, construction dust, and certain industrial activities✓ Correct
CProhibition on all new construction
DProperty tax increases
Explanation
Non-attainment areas for EPA air quality standards face stricter emission controls. In the Albuquerque metro, this includes restrictions on wood burning during high-pollution days, construction dust control, and vehicle emission standards.
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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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