Incentive Zoning

Incentive zoning allows landowners to essentially buy their way out from a land-use regulation for a pre-set price.  This is distinguised from illeagle contract zoning by the pre-set price (if the governing board has not pre-set the price, a landowner buying their way out will be illeagle contract zoning).

For example, a city may offer that if a new office building will have a public parking garage on the first two levels, that building may reach three stories above the zoned height.