Land Use & Zoning
What is 'inclusionary zoning' in South Carolina?
AZoning that includes all types of uses
BZoning that requires developers to include affordable units in new residential projects✓ Correct
CZoning for mixed-income neighborhoods
DZoning that includes environmental protections
Explanation
Inclusionary zoning requires or incentivizes developers to include a percentage of affordable housing units in new residential developments, addressing housing affordability within market-rate projects.
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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.
State-Specific Concepts
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