Land Use & Zoning
In South Dakota, 'annexation' by a municipality refers to:
AA municipality purchasing adjacent private land at market value
BThe formal process by which a city or town expands its boundaries to include adjacent unincorporated land✓ Correct
CA property owner requesting inclusion in a city's utility service area
DA county merging with a city for administrative purposes
Explanation
Annexation is the legal process by which a municipality incorporates adjacent unincorporated territory within its boundaries. South Dakota has specific statutory procedures for annexation, which generally extends the city's jurisdiction, zoning authority, and utility services to the annexed area.
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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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