Environmental
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides flood insurance for properties in communities that:
AAre not in any flood zone
BHave adopted and enforce FEMA floodplain management regulations✓ Correct
CAre only located in coastal areas
DHave experienced a flood in the past 10 years
Explanation
NFIP is available in communities that participate by adopting FEMA-approved floodplain management regulations. Many Virginia coastal and tidal communities participate to enable residents to buy federally backed flood insurance.
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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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