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Redevelopment Condemnations: A Blight Or A Blessing Upon The Land, Harold L. Lowenstein
Redevelopment Condemnations: A Blight Or A Blessing Upon The Land, Harold L. Lowenstein
Missouri Law Review
Eminent domain has been a hot topic in legal circles since the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Kelo v. City of New London. Issues such as fair compensation, public use, and the role of government in economic development have been discussed widely. The focus of this article, however, is somewhat different. This article seeks to provide a practical analysis for the sensitive issue of eminent domain, specifically for situations in which the government seeks to acquire real property via eminent domain in order to foster private redevelopment. The power to take private property, conferred by the Constitution and reiterated in …
Planned Unit Development, Clifford H. Ahrens
Planned Unit Development, Clifford H. Ahrens
Missouri Law Review
The efforts of those seeking imaginative, flexible, and creative results from planning, zoning, and land-use controls have recently been concentrated on planned unit development (PUD). The basic purpose of PUD is to do away with the inflexible dimensional standards and use regulations of conventional zoning and planning laws, and thereby to encourage creative large-scale development in a way which can best utilize the land for the collective benefit of the residents. Individual PUD's most frequently involve the use of density zoning, rather than the conventional technique of minimum lot sizes. Under density zoning, by varying lot sizes and using buildings …