Land Use & Zoning
Vermont's Housing Appeals Board reviews:
AAll Act 250 permit decisions
BMunicipal land use decisions that may have inappropriately denied compliant housing proposals✓ Correct
CProperty tax assessments
DEnvironmental permit appeals only
Explanation
Vermont's Housing Appeals Board (created under Act 171) provides an expedited appeal process for housing applications that are denied or unreasonably delayed by municipalities, encouraging housing development.
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Key Terms to Know
Variance
Official 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.
ZoningLocal government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
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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