Land Use & Zoning
Vermont's 'municipal development review board' (DRB) hears appeals of:
AAll VREC licensing decisions
BZoning enforcement actions, conditional use applications, and variances from the local zoning administrator's decisions✓ Correct
CProperty tax assessments
DAct 250 permit conditions
Explanation
Vermont's Development Review Boards hear appeals of zoning administrator decisions, conditional use applications, variance requests, and subdivision proposals, providing local administrative review of land use matters.
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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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