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Mccoy On Deed Restrictions,, Walter Mccoy
Mccoy On Deed Restrictions,, Walter Mccoy
Walter J McCoy
Dr. McCoy looks at a land use control measure, Deed Restrictions, which is primarily germane to Houston Texas. The author shows by legal example how deed restrictions have been effective at times, and at other times runs into problems with enforcement, due process, and equal protection issues. Also, points out McCoy, deed restrictions may serve communities with better financial resources in opposition to lower income places with the same type of restrictions. The author also depicts through the writing of others, when deed restrictions attempts to take on legislative fervor but actually cannot due to the basis of its formation, …
Constitutional Basis For Zoning : The Texas Supreme Court /, Walter Mccoy, Marguerite Butler
Constitutional Basis For Zoning : The Texas Supreme Court /, Walter Mccoy, Marguerite Butler
Walter J McCoy
The authors attacks the subject of zoning by first discussing zoning itself and the varied aspects of what comprise the land use control. The book so introduced looks at the historical foundation in Texas and how after the supreme court ruling in Ambler v. Euclid fully opened the door to zoning establishment in Texas. Court cases in Dallas tested the legitimacy of the Euclid decision and early zoning ordinances were upheld based on due process and the right of a city to plan demonstrated by the case Lombardo v. City of Dallas. The author continues in the introduction by providing …