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A city wins a first lawsuit against one neighborhood resident over a zoning permit. A different resident later files...
A city wins a first lawsuit against one neighborhood resident over a zoning permit. A different resident later files her own suit about the same permit and did not control or agree to be bound by the first suit. Which st...
Citations: Taylor v. Sturgell
A city wins a first lawsuit against one neighborhood resident over a zoning permit. A different resident later files...
A city wins a first lawsuit against one neighborhood resident over a zoning permit. A different resident later files her own suit about the same permit and did not control or agree to be bound by the first suit. Which st...
Citations: Taylor v. Sturgell
A board may grant an area variance when strict zoning compliance causes practical difficulty due to unique parcel con...
A board may grant an area variance when strict zoning compliance causes practical difficulty due to unique parcel conditions and the variance will not substantially harm the neighborhood. Which fact most supports grantin...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A city zoning ordinance separates residential and industrial uses and is rationally related to traffic, noise, and sa...
A city zoning ordinance separates residential and industrial uses and is rationally related to traffic, noise, and safety. A landowner claims the ordinance is invalid because the land would be more valuable for a factory...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A contract states, "Buyer shall pay Seller $20,000 if Seller obtains a zoning variance by July 1." Seller does not ob...
...contract states, "Buyer shall pay Seller $20,000 if Seller obtains a zoning variance by July 1." Seller does not obtain the variance by July 1, and Buyer did nothing to interfere. What is the most accurate effect of the...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts secs. 224, 225
A contract states, "Buyer shall pay Seller $20,000 if Seller obtains a zoning variance by July 1." Seller does not ob...
...contract states, "Buyer shall pay Seller $20,000 if Seller obtains a zoning variance by July 1." Seller does not obtain the variance by July 1, and Buyer did nothing to interfere. What is the most accurate effect of the...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts secs. 224, 225
A developer obtained a building permit and spent substantial sums on foundation work in good faith before a zoning am...
...and spent substantial sums on foundation work in good faith before a zoning amendment prohibited the project. Under a vested-rights theory, which fact matters most? Reliance on an issued permit is the key vested-rights...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A facially neutral zoning ordinance disproportionately affects one racial group. Emails from several lawmakers show t...
A facially neutral zoning ordinance disproportionately affects one racial group. Emails from several lawmakers show that reducing that group's presence in the neighborhood was a motivating reason for the ordinance.Which...
Citations: Washington v. Davis, Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
A facially neutral zoning ordinance disproportionately affects one racial group. Emails from several lawmakers show t...
A facially neutral zoning ordinance disproportionately affects one racial group. Emails from several lawmakers show that reducing that group's presence in the neighborhood was a motivating reason for the ordinance.Which...
Citations: Washington v. Davis, Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
A landowner seeks judicial review of a zoning board's refusal to grant a variance but has not submitted a complete ap...
A landowner seeks judicial review of a zoning board's refusal to grant a variance but has not submitted a complete application or obtained a final decision applying the ordinance to the parcel. What issue is most likely?...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A lawful grocery store existed before a rezoning that made the area residential only. The ordinance allows lawful exi...
A lawful grocery store existed before a rezoning that made the area residential only. The ordinance allows lawful existing uses to continue but bars enlargement. The owner seeks to double the store's floor area. What is...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A zoning ordinance excludes all multifamily housing from an entire city but permits large single-family homes on larg...
A zoning ordinance excludes all multifamily housing from an entire city but permits large single-family homes on large lots. A challenger argues the ordinance unlawfully excludes lower-income residents. Which answer is m...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A zoning ordinance prohibits industrial uses in a residential district. The ordinance is rationally related to health...
A zoning ordinance prohibits industrial uses in a residential district. The ordinance is rationally related to health and safety and leaves owners with viable residential uses. Which constitutional challenge is least lik...
Citations: U.S. constitutional takings and land-use principles
City amended its zoning map to classify one small parcel in the middle of a stable residential block as commercial so...
City amended its zoning map to classify one small parcel in the middle of a stable residential block as commercial so that a favored developer could build a drive-through restaurant. The parcel is not near other commerci...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A city rezoned one parcel in the middle of a residential neighborhood for a gas station solely because the owner was...
...gas station solely because the owner was politically connected. The rezoning conflicts with the comprehensive plan and has no plausible public-welfare justification. What is the strongest challenge? Spot zoning focuses o...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A restaurant is allowed in a district only by conditional use permit if parking and hours are compatible with nearby...
...discretionary within stated standards. Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A town phases out adult businesses in a residential district after ten years, allowing existing lawful businesses to...
...of the amortization period is central. Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
For 25 years, Owner lawfully operated a small auto-repair shop in a commercial district. Town later rezoned the area...
...nd amortization/termination boundaries. Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
Town adopted a comprehensive plan separating heavy industrial, commercial, and residential districts. Owner bought a...
...s near a highway and would be more profitable as industrial land. The zoning board denied rezoning but noted that the parcel can still support single-family homes and small accessory structures. Owner sues, claiming subs...
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
A city refuses to approve a homeowner's fence permit solely because the homeowner criticized the mayor at a public me...
...fences are routinely approved. Which challenge is strongest? Neutral zoning discretion cannot be used as a pretext for unconstitutional retaliation. Common-law and constitutional zoning principles
Citations: Common-law and constitutional zoning principles