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The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Sends Question of Biosolids Use to Jury

The question of whether or not spreading a fertilizer made from recycled sewage sludge, known as biosoilids, on a York County farm constitutes a "normal agricultural practice" should be left to a jury, the state Superior Court has ruled.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Land Use And Environmental Law Section

By | April 21, 2014
Take a look at our Land Use And Environmental Law section. You will find articles on Clean Water Act jurisdiction, the end of flexible zoning as we know it, health care facility zoning and more.
3 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Judge Declines to Halt Plans for Tower Over Historic Building

A Manhattan Supreme Court justice declined to block a transfer of air rights over the Art Students League of New York's historic building on West 57th Street, enabling construction of a 1,440 foot-high luxury residential tower.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Billboard Regulation: Proceed With Caution

Over the past several decades, as they have become increasingly common and conspicuous, billboards also have become a source of land use litigation in both state and federal courts. The legal issues implicated by their regulation are broad, and include First Amendment and exclusionary zoning claims. As a result, local governments seeking to control the location and style of billboards must be sure to navigate carefully when weighing a landowner's or an advertising company's interests against those of the general public.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Zoning Rules May Be Rewritten For Currie Park

West Palm Beach is considering a zoning change to encourage development near Currie Park across from the Intracoastal Waterway.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Gunderson Loses Case Over Trail Near Hawaii Home

The cofounder of Gunderson Dettmer was ordered to pay $200,000 in attorney fees over failed bid to keep hikers away from his house.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Environmental Law: Two Standards For Phase I Site Assessments

On Dec. 30, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule accepting the use of a revised industry standard for the conduct of an initial environmental assessment of properties by an environmental technical professional.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Zoning Law: Outcry Follows Appellate Court Ruling In McDonald's Case

There was much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth following the state Appellate Court's decision late last year in MacKenzie v. Planning and Zoning Commission of Monroe, 146 Conn. App. 406 (2013), in which the court ruled that zoning regulations that permit a zoning commission to apply flexible setback and landscaping requirements in approving development applications are invalid.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Land Use Law: Wetlands Agencies Vs. Zoning Boards Of Appeal

Development of real property in Connecticut will often require permits, licenses and approvals from several different municipal and state agencies. In some instances, the Connecticut General Statutes expressly provide for the order in which such permits, licenses and approvals must be obtained and the authority of such municipal and state agencies relative to each other.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Zoning Law: Zoning For A Health-Care Facility

Admit it, your first thought was, why would anyone care if a health-care facility was built in their neighborhood? But you were thinking of a nice, quiet nursing home, where the most activity that might take place would be family members gently pushing their elders in wheelchairs around a lush green lawn. A well- manicured lawn, surrounding a tastefully designed Colonial building.
5 minute read

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