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Florida's Housing Trust Fund -- Addressing The State's Affordable Housing Needs, Kristin Larsen Aug 2018

Florida's Housing Trust Fund -- Addressing The State's Affordable Housing Needs, Kristin Larsen

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Green Buildings: An Overview Of Progress, Charles J. Kibert Aug 2018

Green Buildings: An Overview Of Progress, Charles J. Kibert

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


From Lucas To Palazzolo: A Case Study Of Title Limitations, Brittany Adams Aug 2018

From Lucas To Palazzolo: A Case Study Of Title Limitations, Brittany Adams

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

This Note examines what state courts and lower federal courts have found to be "background principles" of property and nuisance law that fit into the Lucas exception. The Note examines recent case law that applies the Lucas exception to determine how the law has developed. The Note then explains the facts of Palazzolo v. Rhode Island and discusses how the Court should rule on the issues in light of the difficulty the courts have had in applying Lucas. The Note concludes that the Court must consider the importance of the right to own property in America. The Court should take …


Book Review: Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide To Redeveloping Contaminated Property, Maribel Nicholson-Choice Aug 2018

Book Review: Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide To Redeveloping Contaminated Property, Maribel Nicholson-Choice

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property by Todd S. Davis and Kevin D. Margolis, with a preface by Vice President Al Gore is a guide for assisting individuals with understanding Brownfields. Based on her years of experience as a practitioner in the field, the reviewer believed that this book is an excellent tool for lawyers who wish to become acquainted with the complexities of brownfields redevelopment. The reviewer states that the book does an excellent job at not limiting its analysis to any one point of view. The reviewer noted that the book begins by clearly defining the …


Owning The Land: Four Contemporary Narratives, Eric T. Freyfogle Aug 2018

Owning The Land: Four Contemporary Narratives, Eric T. Freyfogle

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

Our 1997-1998 Distinguished Lecturer authored an Essay addressing property ownership questions in view of four contemporary narratives of land ownership. This Essay discusses in turn the libertarian narrative of individual autonomy, the more traditional narrative of property focused on economic opportunity, a community-centered narrative that understands property as an evolving tool to meet community needs, and a biocentric narrative that looks to the land itself to prescribe the rules on how it can be used. This discussion begins reviewing these tales with the one that has stirred up the most controversy lately, the narrative of autonomy. It is in this …


Preventing The Secondary Effects Of Adult Entertainment Establishments: Is Zoning The Solution?, Dana M. Tucker Aug 2018

Preventing The Secondary Effects Of Adult Entertainment Establishments: Is Zoning The Solution?, Dana M. Tucker

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

This Comment examines the effects of the adult entertainment industry on America's communities and addresses whether current legal protections adequately shield communities from negative secondary effects resulting from the industry. The Comment begins by recounting the history of municipalities' abilities to zone out adult entertainment establishments, describing the growth of the industry, and outlining the growth of their First Amendment protection. Next, the Comment examines the potential secondary effects resulting from adult entertainment establishments, including the spread of AIDS, increased prostitution, rape, crime, and neighborhood deterioration. The author discusses whether zoning is a viable method for decreasing these secondary effects …


Private Property Rights In Florida: Is Legislation The Best Alternative?, Robert P. Butts Aug 2018

Private Property Rights In Florida: Is Legislation The Best Alternative?, Robert P. Butts

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

This Article analyzes the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act (Act) passed by the Florida Legislature in 1995. In addition to examining the legislation, the Article includes an examination of the Act in the context of existing Florida takings case law. This is done by comparing the present case results to the anticipated results under the Act. This evaluation is followed by reviewing the perspective views of both the property rights proponents and opponents. Next, the author discusses the anticipated state of takings law in Florida. The author concludes that legislation is the best way to address …


Appellate Review In Land Use Regulation: Applying A Formal Versus A Functional Analysis (Park Of Commerce Associates V. City Of Delray Beach, 606 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 4th Dca 1992)), Tricia A. Krinek Aug 2018

Appellate Review In Land Use Regulation: Applying A Formal Versus A Functional Analysis (Park Of Commerce Associates V. City Of Delray Beach, 606 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 4th Dca 1992)), Tricia A. Krinek

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Takings: The Fifth Amendment, Government Regulation, And The Problem Of The Relevant Parcel, Laura M. Schleich Aug 2018

Takings: The Fifth Amendment, Government Regulation, And The Problem Of The Relevant Parcel, Laura M. Schleich

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Environmental Cleanup Actions, The Valuation Of Contaminated Properties, And Just Compensation For Affected Property Owners, James P. Downey Aug 2018

Environmental Cleanup Actions, The Valuation Of Contaminated Properties, And Just Compensation For Affected Property Owners, James P. Downey

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Circumscribing The Reduction Of Open Space By Scattered Development: Incorporating A German Concept In American Right-To Farm Laws, Terence J. Centner Aug 2018

Circumscribing The Reduction Of Open Space By Scattered Development: Incorporating A German Concept In American Right-To Farm Laws, Terence J. Centner

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Of Mice And Missiles: A True Account Of Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council, Daniel R. Mandelker Aug 2018

Of Mice And Missiles: A True Account Of Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council, Daniel R. Mandelker

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Community Land Trusts: A Promising Alternative For Affordable Housing, Stacey Janeda Pastel Aug 2018

Community Land Trusts: A Promising Alternative For Affordable Housing, Stacey Janeda Pastel

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Indigenous Land Tenure And Nationalisation Of Land In Nigeria, P. Ehi Oshio Aug 2018

Indigenous Land Tenure And Nationalisation Of Land In Nigeria, P. Ehi Oshio

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Developer Obligations For Public Services In Israel: Law And Social Policy In A Comparative Perspective, Rachelle Alterman Aug 2018

Developer Obligations For Public Services In Israel: Law And Social Policy In A Comparative Perspective, Rachelle Alterman

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Who Owns Cross Creek?, Charles L. Siemon Aug 2018

Who Owns Cross Creek?, Charles L. Siemon

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Comment: Questioning The Florida Rule On Rezoning Single Parcels Of Land By Referendum, Charlotte Ford Hubbard Aug 2018

Comment: Questioning The Florida Rule On Rezoning Single Parcels Of Land By Referendum, Charlotte Ford Hubbard

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


The Ripeness Doctrine Of The Taking Clause: A Survey Of Decisions Showing Just How Far Federal Courts Will Go To Avoid Adjudicating Land Use Cases, Gregory Overstreet Aug 2018

The Ripeness Doctrine Of The Taking Clause: A Survey Of Decisions Showing Just How Far Federal Courts Will Go To Avoid Adjudicating Land Use Cases, Gregory Overstreet

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Zoning: A Reply To Critics, Bradley C. Karkkainen Aug 2018

Zoning: A Reply To Critics, Bradley C. Karkkainen

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


How The "Property Rights" Movement Threatens Property Values In Florida, David J. Russ Aicp Aug 2018

How The "Property Rights" Movement Threatens Property Values In Florida, David J. Russ Aicp

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Quasi-Judicial Rezonings: A Commentary On The Snyder Decision And The Consistency Requirement, Thomas G. Pelham Aug 2018

Quasi-Judicial Rezonings: A Commentary On The Snyder Decision And The Consistency Requirement, Thomas G. Pelham

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


The Clinton Wetlands Plan: No Net Gain In Wetlands Protection, Michael C. Blumm Aug 2018

The Clinton Wetlands Plan: No Net Gain In Wetlands Protection, Michael C. Blumm

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Implementing Metropolitan Regional Planning, Richard F. Babock Aug 2018

Implementing Metropolitan Regional Planning, Richard F. Babock

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Exclusionary Zoning Laws: Irrationally-Based Barriers To Normalization Of Mentally Retarded Citizens, Patrick T. Bergin Aug 2018

Exclusionary Zoning Laws: Irrationally-Based Barriers To Normalization Of Mentally Retarded Citizens, Patrick T. Bergin

Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

No abstract provided.


Fixing A Broken Common Law -- Has The Property Law Of Easements And Covenants Been Reformed By A Restatement?, Ronald H. Rosenberg Oct 2016

Fixing A Broken Common Law -- Has The Property Law Of Easements And Covenants Been Reformed By A Restatement?, Ronald H. Rosenberg

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Deeds And The Determinancy Norm: Insights From Brandt And Other Cases On An Undesignated, Yet Ever-Present, Interpretive Method, Donald J. Kochan Apr 2016

Deeds And The Determinancy Norm: Insights From Brandt And Other Cases On An Undesignated, Yet Ever-Present, Interpretive Method, Donald J. Kochan

Florida State University Law Review

The land one holds is generally only as good as the property rights contained in the deed. The rights contained in the deed are only as good as the ability to get those rights enforced. And, the enforcement is only valuable if it recognizes a determinate meaning in the deeds from the point of conveyance. This Article pens the term “determinacy norm” to explain a collection of rules for the interpretation of deed terms that aim to make the meaning of deed terms de-terminate. I contend that, in order to satisfy the determinacy norm for deed interpretation, courts must (and …


Property Insurance In Florida: The 1997 Legislative Reform Package, Jan Gorrie Jan 1998

Property Insurance In Florida: The 1997 Legislative Reform Package, Jan Gorrie

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Measured Step To Protect Private Property Rights, David L. Powell, Robert M. Rhodes, Dan R. Stengle Oct 1995

A Measured Step To Protect Private Property Rights, David L. Powell, Robert M. Rhodes, Dan R. Stengle

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Florida's Property Rights Act: A Political Quick Fix Results In A Mixed Bag Of Tricks, Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas Oct 1995

Florida's Property Rights Act: A Political Quick Fix Results In A Mixed Bag Of Tricks, Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Private Property Rights Legislation: The "Midnight Version" And Beyond, Kent Wetherell Jan 1994

Private Property Rights Legislation: The "Midnight Version" And Beyond, Kent Wetherell

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.