Land Use & Zoning
What is a 'downzoning' in South Carolina land use?
ARezoning land to a more intensive use
BRezoning land to a less intensive use, reducing development potential✓ Correct
CA zoning variance for lower buildings
DConverting commercial zones to residential
Explanation
Downzoning reduces a property's allowed development intensity (e.g.
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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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