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Laura Campbell owns three hundred acres in downtown Seattle on which she wants to build a new international trade complex. The original zoning ordinance would have prohibited such a Building but at Laura’s request, the zoning was changed, provided that Laura promised to contribute her private security forces whenever a large convention was held anywhere in the city.
The decision to change the zoning can be described as |
spot zoning and conditional zoning
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In June of 2000, the city of Cairo enacted a zoning ordinance that prohibits any stores from being located in certain neighborhoods.
Which of the following stores will be able to operate as planned in those neighborhoods notwithstanding the ordinance? |
Ben's Busy store, which has operated since 1989 but which was sold to a new owner three weeks after the ordinance became effective.
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The city of Buckhead has enacted a municipal ordinance providing that all commercial buildings must incorporate Art Deco design features approved by the city’s architectural board. Sting wants to build a Chinese restaurant that has no trace of any art deco design.
His lawsuit to challenge the board’s refusal to approve his plans to build the restaurant will most likely: |
Fail because the ordinance contains a specific to be used by the board.
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The suburb of Peacetown wants to control the presence of adult bookstores within its borders.
Which of the following municipal ordinances is likely to be upheld? |
both ordinances in A and B.....
---An ordinance providing that no adult book store can be located within 1,000 feet of any other adult book store. ---An ordinance providing that all adult book stores must be located within a five square mile area in the southwest corner of the city. |
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In 1954, the city of South Bend enacted a zoning ordinance that divided the city into different kinds of residential, commercial, and industrial districts.
Which of the following landowners is most likely to receive a variance from the ordinance? |
Chuck Bailey has owned a small vacant lot on the corner of Woodward Ave since 1944. He would like to build a house that is similar to the others in the neighborhood, but the house would not satisfy the set back minimum lot size provisions of the zoning ordinance.
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