Regulations controlling land use are called?

• A. Zoning
• B. Police Power
• C. Taxation
• D. Eminent Domain

Answer: (A)

Zoning regulates how land can be used in a community. It divides a locality into zones and sets what uses are allowed (residential, commercial, industrial) along with rules on lot size, building height, setbacks, and density. This framework is created under the police power—the local government authority to protect health, safety, and welfare and to promote orderly development. The other terms refer to related ideas but not to the regulation itself: police power is the authority behind zoning, eminent domain is the government’s power to take private property for public use with compensation, and taxation is about raising revenue. So the regulations controlling land use are zoning.