Environmental
In Oregon, before purchasing waterfront property, a buyer should investigate which environmental issue that may affect the ability to build on or modify the shoreline?
AOregon Forest Practices Act restrictions
BOregon's Removal-Fill Law and Wetlands Program requirements✓ Correct
COregon Statewide Planning Goal 3 agricultural restrictions
DOregon Condominium Act development restrictions
Explanation
Oregon's Removal-Fill Law (ORS 196) requires permits for any removal or fill activity in Oregon waterways, and Oregon's Wetlands Program protects wetland areas. Buyers of waterfront property must investigate whether development, shoreline modifications, or filling is permitted.
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Key Terms to Know
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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