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By John Hosa | July 3, 2024
In Plum Borough v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Plum, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court addressed several important issues in the realm of land use law, including the natural expansion doctrine and the need for zoning hearing boards to issue findings of fact in support of their decisions.
6 minute read
By David Sacks | June 28, 2024
The Live Local Act seeks to increase the availability of affordable housing opportunities, particularly for those who wish to reside within the communities they serve.
4 minute read
By Whitney Hodges | June 25, 2024
"With the threat of SB 446 presently nullified, the big challenger to the long-standing Costa-Hawkins Act is the Justice for Renters Act initiative," writes Whitney Hodges of Sheppard Mullin.
7 minute read
By Kathleen M. Mannard | June 24, 2024
Soland v. East Bradford Township Zoning Hearing Board held that a use variance can be de minimis, where such doctrine previously only applied to dimensional variances.
7 minute read
By Robert Max Junker and Anna S. Jewart | June 20, 2024
To avoid luxurious lolling by local governments, the Legislature included mandatory deadlines in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. Section 10101 et seq. (MPC), which governs municipal regulation of zoning, subdivision and land development within the commonwealth. The MPC sets forth strict requirements for when and how municipalities make decisions on land use applications, in addition to how they communicate those decisions to the applicant.
8 minute read
By Stephan Popa, Jake Hebda, Ayo Badejo, Mike Schmidtberger and Louis Jennings | May 16, 2024
A discussion of the successful collaborations between private enterprises, local non-profits and government agencies and how these three pillars can work to create flourishing communities. In addition to exploring successful NY-based collaborations including The Central Park Conservancy, the Friends of the High Line, the article also cites failed collaborations and their potentially harmful aftermath.
13 minute read
By Alex Anteau | May 13, 2024
The Georgia Court of Appeals is set to wade into what has become a hot topic of late.
4 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | May 9, 2024
Tracey McLean, based in Syracuse, New York, joins Joseph Vaughan at the helm of the firm, which has also been adding personnel in New Jersey and Florida as well as Philadelphia.
4 minute read
By Alexander Lugo | May 3, 2024
Dennis Kerbel had been the chief of the Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office's zoning, land use and environment section since 2015.
2 minute read
By Charles Toutant | May 2, 2024
"What they're telling us now is it's not impossible for New Jerseyans to comply with both the Controlled Substances Act and CREAMMA. Nearly every act that an individual or a cannabis business might undertake pursuant to CREAMMA will still subject them to exposure under federal law. And that's kind of where the court hangs its hat," said Ryan Magee of McCarter & English.
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