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Land Use in a Nutshell

by: Wright, Robert R.; Paust; Gitelman, Morton

Land Use in a Nutshell

by: Wright, Robert R.; Paust; Gitelman, Morton

ISBN 13:
9780314238597
ISBN 10:
031423859X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/01/2000
Publisher: West Group
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Summary

Use this compact reference for a condensed study of the subject matter contained in most leading land use casebooks. Text provides coverage of common-law controls, private law devices, planning processes, land development regulation, zoning, and taxation. The last chapter addresses new influencing considerations in land use, such as energy and space.

Preface

iii

Table of Cases

iii

The Control of Land Use: An Overview

(10)

The Past

(4)

The Contrast of the 19th and 20th Centuries

(3)

The Inheritance

(1)

The Present

(3)

Common Law Controls on the Use of Land

(21)

Generally

(1)

Background of the Law of Waste

(2)

Types of Waste

(1)

Voluntary Waste

(2)

Permissive Waste

(1)

Remedies

(1)

Background of the Law of Nuisance

(1)

Public and Private Nuisances

(2)

Nuisances Per Se and Per Accidens

(1)

Nuisances in Rural Areas

(3)

Nuisances in Residential Areas or on the Urban Fringe

(4)

Nuisances in Commercial and Industrial Areas

(1)

Public Facilities

(1)

Nuisances in Zoned Areas

(2)

Nuisance Doctrine and Environmental Regulation

(1)

Trespass or Nuisance

(1)

Other Judicial Controls on Land

(1)

Private Law Devices

(21)

Generally

(1)

Defeasible Fees

(1)

Easements Compared to Covenants

(3)

Easements Appurtenant and in Gross

(1)

Implied and Prescriptive Easements

(1)

Equitable Servitudes and Restrictive Covenants: Generally

(1)

Real Covenants Running with the Land

(1)

Equitable Servitudes

(1)

``Inquiry'' Notice of Restrictions

(2)

Restrictions as Constituting an Interest in Land

(1)

Construction of Restrictive Covenants

(1)

The Effect of Parol Representations Regarding Covenants

(1)

Standing to Enforce Restrictions

(1)

Enforcement

(1)

Termination of Restrictive Covenants

(2)

Modification or Waiver

(3)

The Planning Process, the Master Plan and the Official Map

(29)

Background

(1)

Content of the Master Plan

(1)

Legal Effect of the Master Plan

(2)

The Official Map

(3)

State and Regional Planning

(5)

Local Planning

(2)

National Planning

(3)

Publicly Owned Land

(1)

New Towns

(5)

The Planners

(3)

The Legal Status of Planners

(3)

Regulation of Land Development

(67)

Property Rights and the Police Power

(4)

Compensation or Damages for Unconstitutional Land use Regulation

(4)

The Nuisance Exception as to Total Takings

(2)

Post-Lucas Considerations

(3)

Other Remedies---42 U.S.C.A. § 1983

(4)

Regulation of Flood Plains, Wetlands and Open Lands

(12)

Regulation of Urban Growth

111

(12)

Environmental Controls and the Land Development Process

123

(3)

Subdivision Regulations

126

(5)

Subdivision Exactions

131

(12)

The Nollan and Dolan Cases and Subdivision Exactions

143

(3)

Antitrust Issues in Development Decisions

146

(3)

Eminent Domain and the Police Power

149

(31)

Introduction

149

(4)

Historical Antecedents

153

(2)

Public Use and Public Purpose

155

(2)

Determining ``Just Compensation'': The Fair Market Value Rule

157

(2)

Determining Fair Market Value

159

(5)

Compensation and Compensable Interests

164

(2)

Consequential Damages

166

(2)

Inverse Condemnation

168

(2)

Police Power or a Taking?

170

(10)

Zoning

180

(39)

Background

180

(2)

Enabling Acts and Zoning Ordinances

182

(2)

Spot Zoning

184

(2)

Zoning Amendments

186

(2)

Contract or Conditional Rezoning

188

(3)

Variances

191

(3)

Special Exceptions and Special Use or Conditional use Permits

194

(3)

Floating Zones

197

(2)

Planned Unit Developments and Cluster Zones

199

(3)

Buffer or Transition Zones

202

(1)

Judicial Review of Zoning

203

(4)

Nonconforming Uses

207

(4)

Popular Involvement: The Initiative and the Referendum and Consent by the Neighbors

211

(2)

Intergovernmental Zoning Conflicts

213

(6)

Zoning and Discrimination

219

(45)

Exclusionary Zoning

219

(36)

Inclusionary Zoning

255

(9)

Aesthetics and Preservation of Historical and Cultural Resources

264

(13)

Introduction

264

(1)

Sign and Billboard Regulations

264

(4)

The Appearance of Structures: Architectural Considerations

268

(2)

Junkyards

270

(1)

Historic Districts

270

(2)

Landmark Preservation

272

(1)

Transfer of Development Rights

273

(4)

Natural Resources

277

(9)

Introduction

277

(1)

Restrictions on Removal of Earth

277

(1)

Agriculture

278

(2)

Forests

280

(1)

Coastlines and Beaches

281

(3)

Rivers and Streams

284

(1)

Other Regulatory Activities

285

(1)

Environmental Controls

286

(21)

Introduction

286

(1)

National Environmental Policy Act

287

(3)

Judicial Review

290

(1)

Federal Pollution Legislation

291

(2)

Hazardous Waste

293

(2)

Endangered Species

295

(5)

Other Recent Federal Concerns

300

(2)

State Legislation

302

(1)

The Impact of Environmental Considerations

302

(3)

The Future of Environmental Controls

305

(2)

Taxation and the Control of Land Use

307

(15)

Introduction

307

(1)

The Property Tax in General

307

(2)

The Effect of Zoning and Subdivision Restrictions

309

(2)

Regional Taxation

311

(3)

Taxation Which Regulates Urban Growth

314

(3)

Integration of Land Use and Tax Policies

317

(1)

A Summary of Problems with the Property Tax

318

(1)

Recapture of Unearned Increment

319

(1)

Federal Taxing and Spending

320

(2)

New Influencing Considerations: Energy and Space

322

(15)

Introduction

322

(2)

Airspace Utilization in American Cities

324

(3)

Utilization of Underground Space

327

(1)

Public Controls on Use of Space

328

(1)

Energy Consumption and Land Planning

329

(2)

The Energy Problem and the Environmentalists

331

(2)

Control of Land and the Equitable Balances

333

(4)

Index

337

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