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The Impact of Rhode Island’s New Land Use Laws on Property Owners

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During the 2023 legislative session, the Rhode Island legislature enacted a package of sweeping changes to Rhode Island’s zoning and land use laws. The goal: streamline housing development permitting in Rhode Island,...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Ways to Encourage Controlled and Collaborative Development: Streamline the Process for Zoning, Subdivision, and Land Development...

We would not blame you if you said that dealing with attorneys is not your favorite part of being a municipal official. However, in our defense, people use attorneys because they need help with complicated legal processes and...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

New RI Legislation to Significantly Change Land Use Law and Development Process

The Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed a series of bills through both houses which were transmitted to the Governor for signature on June 19, 2023, commonly known as House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi’s housing...more

Downey Brand LLP

Fourth Appellate District Upholds City of San Diego’s Rejection of Subdivision Project and Related MND

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CEQA decisions usually arise in the context of a challenge to a lead agency’s approval of a project and a related CEQA document. However, in a recent decision, Kutzke v. City of San Diego (2017) 11 Cal.App.5th 1034...more

Perkins Coie

Risks to Open Space Designated in General Plan’s Open Space Element a Valid Ground for Denying Application to Subdivide a...

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A city may deny a proposed mobilehome park subdivision that is inconsistent with the open space element of its general plan, according to the recent court of appeal decision in Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. City of Carson,...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

California Subdivision Map Extension Signed into Law - More Comprehensive than Prior Extensions; Sets Deadlines and Allows...

On July 11, 2013, Governor Brown signed into law AB 116, urgency legislation aimed at providing additional relief to California’s recovering housing and construction industries. AB 116, which became effective immediately,...more

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