They are by far the most impressive government operation I have ever worked with. 

Adverse possession is seldom permitted against government entities (US, State, County or City).  

Take a read at this... https://pilotonline.com/news/government/local/article_3ed86c38-f1fd-51a3-b5ee-e797a8209522.html

Government run economic agencies, The Chamber of Commerce, heavily experienced Realtors in that area, current Housing Associations, heavily involved Banks involved in the local financing may all be successful at helping you to find the right information you need that will help you decide on to what to do.  

Unless you want the government telling you when and how much to take. 

The cost associated with completing those corrections should be in the contract, but not necessarily spelled out, but definitely absorbed into the fixed price.Depending on the size of the civil engineering company's design staff, it should take approximately 1 to 2 working-day weeks to turnaround a plancheck if the design was done within substantial conformance of the design standards of the governing agency. 

It is clear theft by the government by force.

Government regulations take away from logic. 

@Bob Malecki, there are some strange rules governing reverse mortgages.

I like to say "Find where the government money is going and get in front of it."