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Urban Green Uses: The New Renewal, Catherine J. Lacroix Jan 2011

Urban Green Uses: The New Renewal, Catherine J. Lacroix

Faculty Publications

As they confront dramatically reduced population and little prospect of significant near-term growth, several cities in the rust belt have turned to innovative tactics to put excess land to beneficial use. These measures include the creation of active land banks, downzoning for "green" uses such as urban agriculture, possible consolidation of population and abandonment of utility and public services, and installation of green infrastructure, such as stormwater retention and renewable power generation facilities, on publicly owned land. In the process, these cities face intriguing legal questions: What steps are needed to form an effective land bank? What is the liability …


Urban Agriculture And Other Green Uses: Remaking The Shrinking City, Catherine J. Lacroix Jan 2010

Urban Agriculture And Other Green Uses: Remaking The Shrinking City, Catherine J. Lacroix

Faculty Publications

For many decades, the primary challenge of land use law has been how to promote and channel growth and development. Nobody wants stagnation; the cure is growth, and lately the cure has been “smart growth.” In the last several years, however, some cities have begun openly to address a previously unacknowledged truth: some cities will and do shrink. They lose population and have no foreseeable prospect of ever regaining it. The land use planning community has begun to grapple with the issue of the shrinking city, asking how we can achieve managed, “smart” shrinkage To some extent, the answer is …


Euclid'S Historical Imagery, Richard H. Chused Jan 2001

Euclid'S Historical Imagery, Richard H. Chused

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Symposium On The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Of Village Of Euclid V. Ambler Realty Co.Introduction, Emery G. Lee Iii Jan 2001

Symposium On The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Of Village Of Euclid V. Ambler Realty Co.Introduction, Emery G. Lee Iii

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Village Of Euclid V. Ambler Realty Co., Seventy-Five Years Later: This Is Not Your Father's Zoning Ordinance, Melvyn R. Durchslag Jan 2001

Village Of Euclid V. Ambler Realty Co., Seventy-Five Years Later: This Is Not Your Father's Zoning Ordinance, Melvyn R. Durchslag

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Trading Places": The Role Of Zoning In Promoting And Discouraging Intrametropolitan Trade, William T. Bogart Jan 2001

"Trading Places": The Role Of Zoning In Promoting And Discouraging Intrametropolitan Trade, William T. Bogart

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Collision Of Zoning Ordinances And The Constitutional Rights Of Privacy And Association: Critique And Prognosis, Patricia Fitts Jacobson Jan 1979

The Collision Of Zoning Ordinances And The Constitutional Rights Of Privacy And Association: Critique And Prognosis, Patricia Fitts Jacobson

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Content Neutrality [Young V. American Mini Theatres, Inc., 427 U.S. 50, Petition For Rehearing Denied, 429 U .S. 873 (1976)], Kevin D. Mcdonald Jan 1978

Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Content Neutrality [Young V. American Mini Theatres, Inc., 427 U.S. 50, Petition For Rehearing Denied, 429 U .S. 873 (1976)], Kevin D. Mcdonald

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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General Welfare And "No-Growth" Zoning Plans: Consideration Of Regional Needs By Local Authorities, Howard Allen Weiner Jan 1975

General Welfare And "No-Growth" Zoning Plans: Consideration Of Regional Needs By Local Authorities, Howard Allen Weiner

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Amortization: A Means Of Eliminating The Noncomforting Use In Ohio, Frederic C. Bower Jan 1968

Amortization: A Means Of Eliminating The Noncomforting Use In Ohio, Frederic C. Bower

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Home Rule And Land Use Control, Henry J. Crawford Jan 1962

Home Rule And Land Use Control, Henry J. Crawford

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Stopgap Measures To Preserve The Status Quo Pending Comprehensive Zoning Or Urban Redevelopment Legislation, Alan V. Friedman Jan 1962

Stopgap Measures To Preserve The Status Quo Pending Comprehensive Zoning Or Urban Redevelopment Legislation, Alan V. Friedman

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Regulation And Removal Of Nonconforming Uses, James A. Young Jan 1961

The Regulation And Removal Of Nonconforming Uses, James A. Young

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Exclusive Zoning--A Prohibition Or Residences From Industrial And Commercial Zones, Phillip Allyn Ranney Jan 1960

Exclusive Zoning--A Prohibition Or Residences From Industrial And Commercial Zones, Phillip Allyn Ranney

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Zoning--Extension Of Use District Where A Single Parcel Is Within Two Use Districts, George M. White Jan 1959

Zoning--Extension Of Use District Where A Single Parcel Is Within Two Use Districts, George M. White

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The History Of Zoning--A Thumbnail Sketch, James Metzenbaum Jan 1957

The History Of Zoning--A Thumbnail Sketch, James Metzenbaum

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Esthetic Zoning--The Trend Of The Law, Robert D. Cochran Jan 1956

Esthetic Zoning--The Trend Of The Law, Robert D. Cochran

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Elimination Of Non-Conforming Uses, Frank H. Harvey Jan 1955

Elimination Of Non-Conforming Uses, Frank H. Harvey

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.