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A thoroughfare reserved for bicycles either exclusively or during specially assigned periods.

The urban equivalent of a landscape—the shape a city (or one of its parts) presents to the eye, particularly from a distance.

An official document adopted by a local government setting forth its general policies regarding the long-term physical development of a city or other area.

See eminent domain.

A term used interchangeably with “eminent domain” to denote the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use with compensation to the owner. When the property is taken for public use the reasonable value of the property must be paid the owner.

The protection of the resources of man’s environment against depletion or waste and the safeguarding of its beauty.

A right which one person has relative to the land of another for the specific purpose of protection of property against loss, misuses, or waste, particularly in the modern sense of the term, natural resources, wildlife, and natural settings in mountains, rivers, lakes, prairies, etc. not inconsistent with general property rights of the owner.

An agreement between two or more persons, often written into a deed, to do or refrain from doing certain acts.

A written instrument under seal by which an estate in real property is conveyed by the grantor to a grantee. The deed may be a full covenant and warranty deed, a bargain and sale deed, or a quit-claim deed.