Land Use & Zoning
In Maine, a shoreland zone typically extends how far inland from the normal high-water mark of a great pond?
A75 feet
B100 feet
C250 feet✓ Correct
D500 feet
Explanation
Maine's Shoreland Zoning Act typically extends the shoreland zone 250 feet from the normal high-water mark of great ponds (and up to 250 feet from certain rivers and streams).
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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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