Zoning

Question 1

Purpose

Answer 1

Allows government to regulate land use and proactively reduces nuisances, you shouldn’t have to wait for a claim to be filed
1. Harm v. benefit – dissent says important distinction (O’Connor)
2. Public must actually use the property – dissent (Thomas)

Question 2

Zoning is an exercise of

Answer 2

police powers

Question 3

Economics of zoning

Answer 3

can increase the property value

Question 4

Non-constitutional

Answer 4

can be unconstitutional if it arbitrarily hones in a specific space and goes too far