Illinois Real Estate Broker Exam — All Questions
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Land Use Controls
A city adopts an ordinance dividing land into residential, commercial, and industrial districts. This is an exercise of the government's:
- a.Police power✓
- b.Power of eminent domain
- c.Right of escheat
- d.Power of taxation
Zoning is an exercise of police power, the government's authority to regulate land use to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Eminent domain is the separate power to take property for public use with compensation.