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The Role Of The Local Comprehensive Plan In Land Use Regulation, Daniel R. Mandelker
The Role Of The Local Comprehensive Plan In Land Use Regulation, Daniel R. Mandelker
Michigan Law Review
This article will deal with the enlarged role of the comprehensive plan in the local land use control process. Part I examines traditional judicial views of the role of the comprehensive plan as a guide to zoning administration. Part II suggests that innovations in land use control and comprehensive planning techniques evidence a need for mandatory planning. Subsequent sections examine changes in the judicial attitude toward the role of the comprehensive plan in land use control administration, and survey some enacted and proposed state legislation that modifies the early planning acts by requiring comprehensive planning. This legislation is analyzed to …
The Inadequacy Of Judicial Remedies In Cases Of Exclusionary Zoning, Michigan Law Review
The Inadequacy Of Judicial Remedies In Cases Of Exclusionary Zoning, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note presents and evaluates the possible judicial responses to cases, like Mount Laurel, that involve challenges to entire zoning ordinances on exclusionary grounds. It argues that pragmatic and legal difficulties militate against any judicial imposition of affirmative relief not tailored to specific tracts of land and suggests that the most effective resolution of the problems confronted by low-income housing advocates lies in comprehensive legislative programs.