Land Use & Zoning
Eminent domain in Virginia requires the government to pay 'just compensation' to property owners. This is rooted in:
AVirginia Code only
BThe Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 11 of the Virginia Constitution✓ Correct
CFederal Zoning Enabling Act
DThe Virginia Land Use Act
Explanation
The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment (applicable to states through the Fourteenth Amendment) and Virginia's own Constitution require just compensation when government takes or damages private property for public use.
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Eminent Domain
The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
ZoningLocal 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.
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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