Question

The government’s control over land use, planning and zoning are an important example of:

Selections

A. Eminent domain

B. Police power

C. Deed restrictions

D. All of the above

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Answer: B

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5 Keys Summary

• The government’s control over land use, planning, and zoning is considered an exercise of its inherent authority known as Police power.

• Police power is the state’s right to enact and enforce laws within constitutional limits to promote the order, safety, health, morals, and general welfare of the public.

• Zoning laws, which regulate private land use and development, are explicitly examples of the exercise of Police Power.

• While Eminent domain (the power to take private property for public use with just compensation) is also a government power, Zoning is specifically a regulatory power exercised under police power and is distinct from the acquisition process of eminent domain.

• Deed restrictions are limitations on property use created by private parties (such as a developer), not by the government, and are therefore not an example of governmental control through police power.

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