Land Use & Zoning
Which type of legal description describes land using compass directions and distances to trace the boundary of a parcel?
ALot and block description
BMetes and bounds description✓ Correct
CGovernment survey description
DPlat map description
Explanation
Metes and bounds descriptions trace the boundaries of a parcel using compass bearings (directions) and distances (metes), starting from a point of beginning and returning to it. This is the oldest form of legal description and common in Connecticut.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
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