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Orange County Continues to Push Charter Amendments Pertaining to the Rural Boundary and Voluntary Annexations

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After the Charter amendments suggested by the Orange County Charter Review Committee discussed in “Proposed Charter Changes Threaten Orange County's Economic Future” were blocked by the Florida Legislature as discussed in...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California’s Stay-at-Home Orders: Implications for Environmental Contractors

Exceptions outlined in state and local directives likely encompass the investigatory and remedial activities performed by environmental contractors. Most California stay-at-home orders include exceptions for professional...more

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California’s “Safer-at-Home” Order Permits Many Construction Projects to Continue

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On March 18, 2020, we authored an update regarding housing construction under the shelter-in-place orders jointly issued by six Bay Area counties—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa...more

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City of Portland to Rewrite its Land Use Ordinances

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For the first time in over 50 years, the City of Portland is rewriting its Land Use Code, which is found in Chapter 14 of the City’s Code of Ordinances. The effort involves several substantive policy changes aimed at making...more

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Walls and Fences Are Not The Same

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This blog post is about walls and fences (but probably not the ones you may be thinking about). The walls of concern to this blog post are located in the Town of Geneva, in a part of the state known as the Finger Lakes...more

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Supreme Court, Suffolk County Upholds ZBA Determination Authorizing a Change In Nonconforming Use

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The Supreme Court, Suffolk County recently upheld a determination of the Southampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals (“ZBA”) perhaps ending a lengthy and controversial review of the development of a day camp on residentially...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

An Additional Barrier in Performing TAMA 38 Projects

The Real Estate Law (Reinforcement of Condominiums against Earthquakes) 5768-2008 (the “Reinforcement Law”) provides that in order to perform a TAMA 38 plan on a building under the “demolish and build” track, a majority of...more

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Texas Legislative Update: New Laws Impacting Real Estate Developers and Builders

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More than 10,000 bills were filed during the 86th Texas legislative session. Some of the bills that were filed and ultimately signed into law specifically impact the real estate and construction industries. Below is a...more

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Developers, Get Your Permits Before July 2019 To Beat New Impact Fees in Osceola County

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Osceola County is considering a significant increase in park impact fees for residential development. The new park impact fees will impact all residential development in the County as well as development within municipalities...more

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Court Will Not Enjoin Issuance of Land Use Permits Where None Yet Applied

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Any stock brokerage website will tell you that “past performance is not indicative of future results.” The same is true in the context of land use permitting, such that what a municipality “had done” cannot ripen a claim to...more

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NJ Court Rules Incomplete Development Application Not Protected by Time of Application Rule

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The New Jersey Legislature amended the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) in 2011 to replace the former “time of decision rule” with what is commonly referred to as the “time of application rule” (the TOA Rule). N.J.S.A....more

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The New Jersey Supreme Court has reopened the doors to Affordable Housing Litigation

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The New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously held that the administrative process run by COAH in which municipalities show compliance with affordable housing obligations is no longer working and municipalities are no longer...more

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