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Orange County Continues to Push Charter Amendments Pertaining to the Rural Boundary and Voluntary Annexations

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After the Charter amendments suggested by the Orange County Charter Review Committee discussed in “Proposed Charter Changes Threaten Orange County's Economic Future” were blocked by the Florida Legislature as discussed in...more

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City of Gaithersburg Adopts New Modernized Zoning Ordinance

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The City of Gaithersburg has adopted a comprehensive new zoning ordinance that reorganizes and modernizes the ordinance while making it more user friendly. Substantively, the new ordinance adds a new potential zoning category...more

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New State Law Regarding Unsolicited Proposals Prompts Changes in Local Government Codes

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On June 12, 2024, the City of Miami Gardens passed an ordinance that updates its municipal code to reflect new processes for unsolicited proposals and Public-Private Partnerships (“P3”) now allowed by statute. As we have...more

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Osceola County, St. Cloud, and Mt. Dora Propose Massive Increases to Impact Fees

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Osceola County, City of St. Cloud, and City of Mt. Dora are all set to vote on proposed increases to impact fees that, if approved, will substantially increase the cost of development in these jurisdictions. Below is...more

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Prince George’s County Council Passes 2-Year Revision Extension for Zoning Ordinance

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In March, the Prince George’s County Council acted on zoning legislation that will influence the County’s development trajectory for years to come. ...more

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Land Use Matters December 2023 - CEQA Appellate Decisions & Other Legal Developments

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City of Los Angeles - The Processes and Procedures Ordinance Becomes Operative January 22, 2024 - The city council adopted the Processes and Procedures Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to...more

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Florida's New Live Local Act Offers Land Use and Tax Benefits

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 102 on March 28, 2023, with an effective date of July 1, 2023. Commonly referred to as the Live Local Act (the Act), it has significant land use, zoning and tax benefits...more

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What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening to: May 2023

A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco - Housing Wonks on a Mission to Shorten S.F.’s Permitting Process (Fixing Our City Podcast): Assemblymember Matt Haney and YIMBY...more

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Paris' future bioclimatic local urban planning scheme: Where do we stand?

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The City of Paris launched the general revision of its local urban planning scheme – called PLU (plan local d’urbanisme) – in December 2020. After two years of public consultation, the draft new PLU is almost ready for...more

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What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening to: April 2023

A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco - S.F. housing production slows to crawl as state goals loom (San Francisco Chronicle): The Planning Department’s annual housing...more

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As Rockville Begins Zoning Ordinance Rewrite, Lawmakers Consider Interim Floating Zones

The City of Rockville has launched the rewrite of its Zoning Ordinance to modernize it and implement the 2040 Comprehensive Plan of the City of Rockville (2040 Plan). Because the city anticipates the rewrite to be a lengthy...more

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Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness

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On June 14th, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams released his much-anticipated housing plan entitled “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness.” In his announcement, Mayor Adams outlined his...more

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San Francisco Election Results: Which Land Use-Related Ballot Propositions Passed?

In early June, we reported on the key land use-related ballot propositions San Francisco voters faced during the June 7, 2022 special election. Now that the dust has settled after the election, voters came very close to...more

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Making Room for the Condo Hotel and Apartment Hotel in Miami

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With the advent of short-term rental solutions such as Sonder, Domio, Guild, and others, the private sector was significantly ahead of the curve in expanding upon housing typology. Their ultimate success was, however, limited...more

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Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter - November 2021, Volume I, Issue X

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CASES OF NOTE - CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY RESULT OF MUTUAL MISTAKE - Thomas v. Medeiros, 100 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 (2021) - The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently affirmed a determination by the Land Court that a...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - October 2021 #2

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LA's massive new rezoning plan could lead to the construction of 255,000 new housing units by 2029 - Spectrum News – October 14 - The city of Los Angeles is short nearly 500,000 units, according to the Los Angeles Housing...more

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Real Estate Alphabet Soup: Z Is for Zoning

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: Y Is for Yard”, I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” and completes the recipe with the final ingredient, the...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - May 2021

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Draft building code urges more electric, less gas - The Bakersfield Californian – May 9 - A newly released draft of California's 2022 building code proposes the most ambitious electrification policies in the country...more

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Fairfax County, Virginia, Adopts New Zoning Ordinance zMOD

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Several years of work culminated in the March 23, 2021, adoption of a new zoning ordinance (zMOD) by the Fairfax County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors. This is the first comprehensive zoning update since 1978....more

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Orange County Updates School Impact Fee Rates

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On December 1, 2020, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance updating the County’s school impact fees for residential development....more

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Orange County Amends Code to Abate School Capacity For Certain Projects

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On September 1, 2020, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) voted unanimously to approve an amendment to County Code to implement an abatement of school capacity enhancement review for pending residential...more

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Seminole County Planning & Zoning Commission Tables Hearing on Mobility Fee Ordinance

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On August 5, 2020, the Seminole County Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to table the public hearing on the Mobility Fee Ordinance to its next regularly-scheduled meeting. If adopted, the new mobility fee...more

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Smithtown Seeks to Reinvent the Hauppauge Industrial Park by Allowing Residential Development

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The Town of Smithtown is considering the adoption of a local law that would allow residential uses as part of mixed-use developments in the Hauppauge Industrial Park.  The proposal follows on the heels of an April 2019 report...more

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Seminole County Considering Higher Mobility Fees Based on New Study

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Seminole County has commissioned a study to replace the county's road impact fee with a mobility fee. If adopted, the new mobility fee program would result in a substantial increase in impact fees for most developments....more

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Expanded Façade Inspection Requirements

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Effective February 20, 2020, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) expanded the requirements of its Façade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP), known previously as Local Law 11. Cooperative and Condominium Boards...more

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