Construction Law, Residential Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

Commercial and Residential Developers, Builders and Landlords Face New Storm Water Regulations

by Kathryn Horning | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/22/2013

On May 8, 2013, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board approved a new municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit that will have far-reaching impacts on both new development projects and existing facilities...more

Towards Not Reinventing The CEQA Wheel: Resources Agency Adopts New CEQA Guidelines For Streamlined Review of Urban Infill...

by Arthur F. Coon, Matthew Henderson | Miller Starr Regalia on 5/9/2013

Repetitive CEQA review and analysis is expensive, unnecessary, unproductive, and inimical to the goals of certainty and finality in the environmental review process. In 2011, to address these concerns in the infill...more

Light at the End of the Tunnel - Consultation on Reform of Rights to Light in England and Wales

by Sebastian A. Charles, Steven D. Cox | K&L Gates LLP on 5/8/2013

The private right to light is an arcane area of law and which many developers would agree is long overdue for reform. Development schemes can be thwarted by private landowners even after the proposal has passed through the...more

New Jersey Takes Emergency Action To Speed Rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy

by Barbara Casey, Ronald Varnum, Harry Weiss | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/7/2013

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took emergency action to reduce approval backlogs and to make it easier for those seeking to rebuild in wake of Hurricane Sandy to obtain regulatory approvals by...more

Rogers Towers: City Approves Partial Mobility Fee Waiver

by Wyman Duggan | Rogers Towers on 5/3/2013

The City of Jacksonville has enacted Ordinance 2013-94-E, granting a partial waiver of mobility fees for 18 months. The ordinance applies to both residential (single family and multifamily; existing lots and new development)...more

Weekly Law Resume - April 19, 2013: It’s All In the Complaint: Triggering Equitable Indemnity Rights Against Public Entities

by Joseph Aguilar | Low, Ball & Lynch on 4/22/2013

Centex Homes, et al. v. The Superior Court of San Diego County Court of Appeal, Fourth District (March 25, 2013) Government Code section 901 provides that a cause of action for equitable indemnity or partial...more

Christie Administration Issues Emergency Rule to Expedite Recovery and Rebuilding

by Larry Jacobs | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. on 4/19/2013

Emergency Rule Revisions Cut Red Tape and Streamline State Permits for Vital Rebuilding Projects. - On April 19, 2013, DEP issued emergency rules intended to expedite the process of repairing and rebuilding in the wake...more

Federal Aviation Administration To Propose Height Regulations

by Javier Avino | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/12/2013

As development in Miami’s core returns, many developers are concerned with what appears to be a review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) height regulations, which could impose restrictions to the maximum allowable...more

Certain Residential Developments Exempt from CEQA Review: Greenhouse Gas Emission Issues Do Not Constitute New Information

by William R. Devine | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/9/2013

The recent California appellate court decision in Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin, Cal: Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate Dist., 3rd Div. 2013, upheld a City's affirmation that residential developments are exempt...more

Changes in TPDES General Construction Permit Require Endangered Species Act Consideration

by Alan Glen, Brooke Wahlberg | Sedgwick LLP on 4/9/2013

On February 19, 2013, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a revised Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Construction General Permit TXR150000 (Permit). This new Permit, effective...more

Bill Introduced to Restore Cities' Ability to Require Affordable Housing

by Michael Hansen | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/2/2013

On February 22, California State Assembly Member Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, introduced a bill, AB 1229, to restore the ability of California cities and counties to require affordable housing as part of market-rate housing...more

Simplifying the Mechanic's Lien Agent Process: N.C.'s New Online Clearinghouse

by Bryan G. Scott | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/29/2013

As I have discussed in the past, North Carolina’s General Assembly recently introduced the concept of Mechanic’s Lien Agent (MLA) into our state’s lien laws to address so-called “hidden liens” that have long been a thorn in...more

North Carolina Legislature Uncovers "Hidden Liens"

by Saxby Chaplin | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 3/15/2013

Executive Summary: North Carolina implements “lien agent” law for construction projects. The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted significant changes to North Carolina's mechanics lien laws. These changes...more

Luxury Condominium At The Berlin Wall

by Barbara Holmes | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 3/6/2013

It was recently reported that protesters prevented construction workers from removing one of the last remaining sections of the Berlin Wall to accommodate a new road to be built as part of the development of a luxury...more

Proposed Update To Arlington County’s Noise Control Ordinance

by Lauren K. Keenan | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 3/4/2013

The Arlington County Board is planning to hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed changes to the Noise Control Ordinance. According to the Arlington County website, the meeting is expected to take place sometime in the...more

What Does Sandy Foretell for New Jersey’s Coastal Regions?

by Larry Jacobs | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. on 2/19/2013

I found this column by Paul Mulshine in The Star Ledger interesting. "It’s no day at the beach for the enviro-puritans" - Putting politics aside, what does Sandy foretell for New Jersey’s coastal regions? Does it...more

CEQA Update: Some Good News for Developers

by Hopkins & Carley on 2/18/2013

As compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) has grown increasingly more burdensome, costly and litigious over the past decade or so, 2012 brought some tangible good news. ...more

Stormwater Permitting For Tennessee Projects

by Darlene Marsh | Burr & Forman on 2/15/2013

In Tennessee, permits under the state’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program are required for construction sites and related support activities to avoid pollution from stormwater runoff. Specifically, a...more

Supreme Court Sets Aside Land Use Plan EIR For Failure To Adequately Assess Long-Term Water Supplies Decision Clarifies Principles...

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 2/5/2013

The California Supreme Court on February 1, 2007, issued a long-awaited decision concerning assessment of water supplies during California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) review of proposed land-use plans....more

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