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Land Use Law Update: The 2015 Mid-Year Roundup, Sarah Adams-Schoen Jan 2015

Land Use Law Update: The 2015 Mid-Year Roundup, Sarah Adams-Schoen

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This update summarizes New York cases related to land use and zoning that were decided in the first half of 2015.


Is An Apartment A Nuisance?, Michael Lewyn Jan 2015

Is An Apartment A Nuisance?, Michael Lewyn

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In an ongoing Texas lawsuit, some homeowners allege that a nearby apartment building will constitute a nuisance. This article asserts that courts should generally reject nuisance claims against multifamily housing, based on the public interest in favor of increased housing supply and infill development.


Internally Buffered Districts: A New Technique To Make Zoning Less Exclusionary, William Leaf, Michael Lewyn Jan 2015

Internally Buffered Districts: A New Technique To Make Zoning Less Exclusionary, William Leaf, Michael Lewyn

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Proposes creating a new kind of zone called an "internally buffered district." Within these zones, intensive land uses like stores and apartments are allowed, so long as the latter uses are physically separated from nearby residential districts. The article suggests that developers compensate homeowners for rezoning their property to the internally buffered classification, thus allowing for both more compact development and more protection of homeowners' interests.


Further Developments In Land Use Ethics, Patricia E. Salkin, Darren Stakey Jan 2015

Further Developments In Land Use Ethics, Patricia E. Salkin, Darren Stakey

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Ethical considerations continue to play a fundamental role in shaping the course of land use and developmental regulatory proceedings throughout the country. From an innocuous donation by one public official to his alma mater, to the outright bribery of a former mayor, the past year has been rife with a range of conduct implicating professional responsibility and land use.


Billy Joel: The Chronicler Of The Suburbanization In New York, Patricia E. Salkin, Irene Crisci Jan 2015

Billy Joel: The Chronicler Of The Suburbanization In New York, Patricia E. Salkin, Irene Crisci

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Artists often chronicle historical developments through their chosen medium. In the case of Billy Joel, some of his lyrics can be traced to the early sustainability movements as he wrote about the migration of people from the cities and the attendant problems with rapid suburbanization. Described by Tony Bennett as “a poet, a performer, a philosopher and today’s American songbook,” his lyrics address, among other topics, land use, community development, and environmental issues. Following World War II, there was a major shift in population settlement patterns in the United States. As war heroes returned home, not only did the country …


A Three-Legged Stool On Two Legs: Recent Federal Law Related To Local Climate Resilience Planning And Zoning, Sarah Adams-Schoen, Edward Thomas Jan 2015

A Three-Legged Stool On Two Legs: Recent Federal Law Related To Local Climate Resilience Planning And Zoning, Sarah Adams-Schoen, Edward Thomas

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Notwithstanding a critical gap between climate change related risks and preparedness in the United States, congress has yet to pass any federal law expressly addressing climate change hazard mitigation (or any other aspect of climate change) and appears unlikely to do so anytime soon. Despite this, the first half of 2015 has seen a number of actions in the other two branches of the federal government with significant implications for local hazard mitigation planning, zoning, and development. Of particular note, and as discussed in more detail below, the President issued an Executive Order and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) …


The Role Of The Dean In Ensuring A Sustainable Law School: Everything Comes Down To What I Learned In Land Use Planning And Sustainable Development Law, Patricia E. Salkin Jan 2015

The Role Of The Dean In Ensuring A Sustainable Law School: Everything Comes Down To What I Learned In Land Use Planning And Sustainable Development Law, Patricia E. Salkin

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This article offers advice for anyone preparing to interview for a deanship - go back to what you are passionate about to really express how you might approach serving as a law dean. In this case, the passion centers on the subject of land use planning and sustainable development law. When interviewing for the position of dean of a law school, Academics who rise through the ranks to a deanship have a background in legal scholarship that often marries theory and practice. Faculty spend countless hours, even years, developing theories and concepts to advance the law in a particular discipline. …


Against The Neighborhood Veto, Michael Lewyn Jan 2015

Against The Neighborhood Veto, Michael Lewyn

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American zoning often gives neighborhoods elective veto power over nearby real estate development. This “neighborhood veto” sometimes artificially reduces housing supply and urban density, thus making housing more expensive and making American cities more dependent on automobiles. This article criticizes the common arguments that neighborhood activists use to restrict development.


American Dreams, American Realities, Michael Lewyn Jan 2015

American Dreams, American Realities, Michael Lewyn

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Review of Zoned In The USA, by Sonia Hirt.


The (Somewhat) False Hope Of Comprehensive Planning, Michael Lewyn Jan 2015

The (Somewhat) False Hope Of Comprehensive Planning, Michael Lewyn

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Comprehensive planning at the municipal level, although useful in a variety of ways, is neither necessary nor sufficient to promote "smart" (that is, pedestrian and transit-oriented) growth. Comprehensive plans can be used to support sprawl as easily as to support smart growth, while smart growth may be promoted effectively through zoning reform or statewide legislation as well as through local planning.


The Property Rights Revolution That Failed: Eminent Domain In The 2004 Supreme Court Term, David Schultz Dec 2014

The Property Rights Revolution That Failed: Eminent Domain In The 2004 Supreme Court Term, David Schultz

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Takings Cases In The October 2004 Term, Leon D. Lazer Dec 2014

Takings Cases In The October 2004 Term, Leon D. Lazer

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Federalism Cases In The October 2004 Term, Erwin Chemerinsky Dec 2014

Federalism Cases In The October 2004 Term, Erwin Chemerinsky

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The Art Of Stripping: How The Government Applies The Takings Clause To Strip You Of Your Property, Toni Kong Jun 2014

The Art Of Stripping: How The Government Applies The Takings Clause To Strip You Of Your Property, Toni Kong

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The Big Chill? - The Likely Impact Of Koontz On The Local Governments/Developer Relationship, Julie A. Tappendorf, Matthew T. Dicanni Jun 2014

The Big Chill? - The Likely Impact Of Koontz On The Local Governments/Developer Relationship, Julie A. Tappendorf, Matthew T. Dicanni

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This article will explore the doctrine of unconstitutional conditions, showing how it has evolved in the context of land use and come to be the logical underpinning of controversial Supreme Court decisions regarding exactions. Part I will explain the doctrine of unconstitutional conditions, providing a brief overview of its development over the course of the past century. Part II will then discuss how this doctrine has come to be the logical foundation on which the Supreme Court’s exactions jurisprudence rests. Part III will discuss the Koontz decision and its impact on the doctrine of unconstitutional conditions. In Part IV, we …


The "Parcel As A Whole" In Context: Shifting The Benefits And Burdens Of Economic Life - Or Not, Edward J. Sullivan, Karin Power Jun 2014

The "Parcel As A Whole" In Context: Shifting The Benefits And Burdens Of Economic Life - Or Not, Edward J. Sullivan, Karin Power

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A Trip Back In Time, Including Judge Charles D. Breitel's Rationale For His Fred French And Penn Central Decisions, Frank Schnidman Jun 2014

A Trip Back In Time, Including Judge Charles D. Breitel's Rationale For His Fred French And Penn Central Decisions, Frank Schnidman

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Substantive Due Process By Another Name: Koontz, Exactions, And The Regulatory Takings Doctrine, Mark Fenster Jun 2014

Substantive Due Process By Another Name: Koontz, Exactions, And The Regulatory Takings Doctrine, Mark Fenster

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The Categorical (Lucas) Rule: "Background Principles," Per Se Regulatory Takings, And The State Of Exceptions, David L. Callies, David A. Robyak Jun 2014

The Categorical (Lucas) Rule: "Background Principles," Per Se Regulatory Takings, And The State Of Exceptions, David L. Callies, David A. Robyak

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The Categorical Lucas Rule And The Nuisance And Background Principles Exception, Carol Necole Brown Jun 2014

The Categorical Lucas Rule And The Nuisance And Background Principles Exception, Carol Necole Brown

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This article examines the seminal 1992 United States Supreme Court decision, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, specifically focusing on the Lucas nuisance exception. The author surveyed approximately 1,600 reported regulatory takings cases decided since the Lucas decision involving Lucas takings challenges. The author further identified the statutory nuisance cases in which state and local governments unsuccessfully asserted the Lucas nuisance exception as a defense to the courts’ findings of a Lucas taking. This article examines the prospective potential of these cases for assisting private property owners in enhancing private property rights protections within the area of regulatory takings.


The Rebirth Of Federal Takings Review? The Courts’ “Prudential” Answer To Williamson County’S Flawed State Litigation Ripeness Requirement, J. David Breemer Jun 2014

The Rebirth Of Federal Takings Review? The Courts’ “Prudential” Answer To Williamson County’S Flawed State Litigation Ripeness Requirement, J. David Breemer

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This article reviews recent federal court decisions that have loosened the state litigation ripeness barrier to federal takings review based on its “prudential” character. Part II provides relevant background on Williamson County and the development of the state litigation rule. It explores the logic underlying the rule and the problems it causes in application. Part III reviews the judicial shift away from a jurisdictional understanding of the state litigation rule—under which compliance with the rule is a prerequisite to a court’s power to hear a takings claim—to a prudential view in which application of the state litigation rule lies within …


The Ripeness Game: Why Are We Still Forced To Play?, Michael M. Berger Jun 2014

The Ripeness Game: Why Are We Still Forced To Play?, Michael M. Berger

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The Common Law Foundations Of The Takings Clause: The Disconnect Between Public And Private Law, Richard A. Epstein Jun 2014

The Common Law Foundations Of The Takings Clause: The Disconnect Between Public And Private Law, Richard A. Epstein

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Other Tributes To Fred Bosselman, Edward J. Sullivan, Nancy E. Stroud Jun 2014

Other Tributes To Fred Bosselman, Edward J. Sullivan, Nancy E. Stroud

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Fred Bosselman And The Taking Issue, David L. Callies Jun 2014

Fred Bosselman And The Taking Issue, David L. Callies

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Violations Of Zoning Ordinances, The Covenant Against Encumbrances, And Marketability Of Title: How Purchasers Can Be Better Protected, Jessica P. Wilde May 2014

Violations Of Zoning Ordinances, The Covenant Against Encumbrances, And Marketability Of Title: How Purchasers Can Be Better Protected, Jessica P. Wilde

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Still An Issue: The Taking Issue At 40, Patricia E. Salkin Jan 2014

Still An Issue: The Taking Issue At 40, Patricia E. Salkin

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In October 2013, with the launch of Touro Law Center’s new Institute on Land Use and Sustainable Development Law, the Touro Law Review held a symposium to commemorate the 40th anniversary of “The Taking Issue: A Study of the Constitutional Limits of Governmental Authority to Regulate the Use of Privately-Owned Land Without Paying Compensation to the Owners” (The Takings Issue), the Council on Environmental Quality’s seminal report by Fred Bosselman, David Callies and John Banta. For this symposium Touro Law Review assembled some of today’s leading luminaries to reflect on how the taking issue has evolved and to assess where …


Land Use Law Update: The Court Of Appeals Issues A Victory For Home Rule In Wallach V. Town Of Dryden And Cooperstown Holstein Corp. V. Town Of Middlefield, Sarah Adams-Schoen Jan 2014

Land Use Law Update: The Court Of Appeals Issues A Victory For Home Rule In Wallach V. Town Of Dryden And Cooperstown Holstein Corp. V. Town Of Middlefield, Sarah Adams-Schoen

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In the midst of the often heated controversy swirling around the issue of hydraulic fracturing (commonly referred to as “hydrofracking” and “fracking”), New York’s Court of Appeals recently issued a straightforward ruling, which focused on long-established precedent concerning the right of municipalities to regulate mining land uses, rather than focusing on the contentious economic or environmental issues surrounding the fracking debate. This article discusses that ruling.


Suburban Sprawl: Weaker But Still Alive, Michael Lewyn Jan 2014

Suburban Sprawl: Weaker But Still Alive, Michael Lewyn

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Review of The End of the Suburbs, by Leigh Gallagher.


How Often Do Cities Mandate Smart Growth Or Green Building?, Michael Lewyn Jan 2014

How Often Do Cities Mandate Smart Growth Or Green Building?, Michael Lewyn

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Much has been written about the role of government regulation in facilitating automobile-oriented sprawl. Zoning codes reduce walkability by artificially segregating housing from commerce, forcing businesses and multifamily landlords to surround their buildings with parking, and artificially reducing density. The “smart growth” movement seeks to reverse these policies, both through regulation and through more libertarian, deregulatory policies. The purpose of this paper is to examine to what extent cities have in fact chosen the former path, and to discuss the possible side effects of prescriptive smart growth and green building regulations. In particular, this paper focuses on attempts to make …