Land Use & Zoning
In South Carolina, 'spot zoning' is generally considered:
AA legitimate use of zoning authority
BInvalid because it arbitrarily singles out one parcel for different treatment without justification✓ Correct
CRequired for any commercial development in residential areas
DPermitted only in counties with populations over 500,000
Explanation
Spot zoning — reclassifying a single parcel inconsistently with surrounding zoning and the comprehensive plan — is generally held invalid in South Carolina as arbitrary and capricious, unless there is legitimate justification for the different treatment.
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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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