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Generally, zoning is a constitutional exercise of a state's police power [4] to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, spot zoning (or any zoning enactment) would be unconstitutional to the extent that it contradicts or fails to advance a legitimate public purpose, such as promotion of community welfare or protection of other properties.
Initially, before the establishment of agricultural zones, there was a formal designation of special agricultural districts across the state. Following the updated law, local governments across the state were to have no control over zoning, allowing for the facilitation of co-existence between farm and non-farm uses. [ 9 ]
Many American cities passed residential segregation laws based on race between 1910 and 1917. Baltimore City Council passed such a law in December 1910. [42] [43] Unlike the Los Angeles Residential District which created well-defined areas for residential land use, the Baltimore scheme was implemented on a block-by-block basis.
The former IBM/Express Scripts 88-acre campus at 400 Parsons Pond Road, Franklin Lakes, now owned by Cigna Corporation's Medco Health Solutions, will be the subject of hearings beginning Wednesday ...
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Chief among them is a Tuesday vote at the Wichita City Council over the possible rezoning. The District Advisory Board for District 1 voted to recommend that the city not allow the rezoning.
A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non-Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and development flexibility. [1]
In addition to bringing possible commercial and residential development, and maybe even a golf course, what’s significant is that the 122-acre site is the last undeveloped parcel along Kellogg ...