One challenge of performance zoning is that it

• A. Eliminates zoning districts.
• B. Reduces staff requirements for compliance.
• C. Requires additional technical expertise and cost to evaluate and monitor than required under conventional zoning.
• D. Guarantees universally high property values.

Answer: (C)

Performance zoning focuses on achieving outcomes through measurable standards rather than prescribing specific land uses. A key challenge is that evaluating and ensuring compliance requires more technical expertise and ongoing monitoring, which can drive up costs compared with conventional zoning. Communities must gather data, run analyses, and sometimes model impacts to demonstrate that developments meet performance criteria, leading to higher upfront analyses and continuous oversight. This increased complexity and expense are the main hurdles in implementing performance zoning. It does not eliminate zoning districts, nor does it inherently reduce staff needs or guarantee property values, which is why the other options aren’t the best fit.