Land Use & Zoning
A Wisconsin 'cluster development' allows homes to be built on smaller lots in exchange for:
AHigher density overall across the entire parcel
BPreserving open space as a permanent common area✓ Correct
CReducing the total number of homes permitted
DWaiving all zoning requirements
Explanation
Cluster development permits smaller individual lot sizes to concentrate homes on a portion of the parcel while preserving the remainder as permanently protected open space.
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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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