Environmental
Lead-based paint disclosure requirements under federal law apply to:
AAll homes regardless of age
BHomes built before 1978✓ Correct
COnly homes in cities with populations over 50,000
DCommercial properties with residential units
Explanation
Federal law (the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act) requires disclosure of known lead-based paint and lead hazards for all residential dwellings built before 1978. Buyers must also be given an EPA-approved pamphlet about lead hazards.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
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.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
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.
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