EnvironmentalIntermediateNorth Carolina Exam

A 'brownfield' site in North Carolina is a property where:

AThe soil is particularly fertile for agriculture

BRedevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contaminationCorrect

CAll environmental testing has been completed with clean results, in most cases

DOnly wetlands exist

Why Redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination Is Correct

Answer B: Redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination

Brownfields are previously developed sites where redevelopment is complicated by known or suspected contamination, often former industrial or commercial sites.

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

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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.

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

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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.