Land Use & Zoning
A Vermont town planning commission is primarily responsible for:
AGranting zoning variances
BPreparing and updating the town plan and making zoning recommendations✓ Correct
CIssuing building permits
DEnforcing health and safety codes
Explanation
The planning commission prepares and updates the town's comprehensive plan (town plan) and may draft zoning bylaw amendments for consideration by the selectboard/legislative body. It is an advisory body, not a decision-making body for permits.
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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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