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An abutter is a person (or entity) whose property is adjacent to the property of another. In jurisdictions such as Massachusetts, [1] New Hampshire, [2] and Nova Scotia, [3] [4] it is a defined legal term.
Generally, zoning is a constitutional exercise of a state's police power [4] to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, spot zoning (or any zoning enactment) would be unconstitutional to the extent that it contradicts or fails to advance a legitimate public purpose, such as promotion of community welfare or protection of other properties.
The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3] The current Code, adopted 28 February 1990, wholly replaced and renumbered the previous Code adopted 30 August 1939. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the responsibility of the City Clerk of Chicago to maintain a current copy of the Code, [ 5 ] and revisions to the Code must be published at least every six months.
For example, in Tennessee law, tax map boundaries can become property boundaries (notwithstanding a survey and deed to the contrary) merely by paying the taxes on the land for twenty years in the belief that it was part of the ownership, even if it encompasses adjacent gaps and gores. See adverse possession.
This means two things: first, adjoining property owners do not have a legal right of access, [78] meaning all existing driveways must be removed and access to adjacent private lands must be blocked with fences or walls; instead, frontage roads provide access to properties adjacent to a freeway in many places.
In Cook County, which includes Chicago and its suburbs, property taxes are due twice a year. Taxes not paid by the first due date in March are considered "delinquent," and interest begins to accrue.
A unit of real estate or immovable property is limited by a legal boundary (sometimes also referred to as a property line, lot line or bounds). The boundary (in Latin: limes ) may appear as a discontinuation in the terrain: a ditch, a bank, a hedge, a wall, or similar, but essentially, a legal boundary is a conceptual entity, a social construct ...
A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.