Recently added articles from Land Use Law Report:
The Pennsylvania Courts are known for a landowner-friendly attitude.(Brief article)
Apr 26, 2006 ... THE PENNSYLVANIA COURTS are known for a landowner-friendly attitude. Nevertheless, the Commonwealth Court's ruling in Ruddy v. Springfield Township (see story, p. 58) raises questions. The appeals court appears to have shifted the burden of showing that granting the request for ...
Agency not required to integrate unblighted property into plan.
Apr 26, 2006 ... The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled a city's redevelopment agency had no obligation to consider integrating unblighted property into a redevelopment area, where it had implicitly determined the property's use was not appropriate to the redevelopment (Maritime Ventures, LLC v. City of ...
Board should have granted variance for house on undersized lot.
Apr 26, 2006 ... A township's zoning hearing board improperly rejected a landowner's request for variances needed to build a house on a nonconforming, undersized lot, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled (Ruddy v. Springfield Township Zoning Hearing Board, No. 1377 CD 2005, April 6, 2006). ...
The Connecticut Supreme Court's ruling in Maritime Ventures, LLC v. Norwalk (see story, p. 59) is philosophically consistent with the court's position in Kelo v. New London.(Slants & Trends)(Brief article)
Apr 26, 2006 ... THE CONNECTICUT SUPREME COURT'S ruling in Maritime Ventures, LLC v. Norwalk (see story, p. 59) is philosophically consistent with the court's position in Kelo v. New London. This is a court that apparently seldom sees a taking of private property for urban renewal it does not like. ...
Dogs as an accessory use.(antisocial dogs)(Brief article)
Apr 26, 2006 ... DOGS AS AN ACCESSORY USE: One might think that keeping an excessive number of antisocial dogs would be a problem to be handled under a municipality's health code, animal code or noise regulations. But for some reason, a small Connecticut town decided to deal with it as an ...