Land Use & Zoning
A Washington city adopts a 'transfer of development rights' (TDR) program. This allows:
AGovernment to take development rights without compensation
BDevelopers to purchase development potential from protected 'sending areas' and use it in 'receiving areas' to build more intensely✓ Correct
CProperty owners to defer development for tax benefits
DDevelopers to transfer permits between projects
Explanation
TDR programs allow landowners in protected sending areas (farmland, critical areas) to sell their unused development potential to developers in receiving areas (urban zones) where the rights allow additional development density.
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