Where: South Padre Island How are property owners notified before fines? 2 rounds of notices What fines can be imposed? $1,000 a day for a first offense $1,500 per day for each additional offense What fees are imposed to establish a short term rental on South Padre Island? annual licenses cost $200 for hosted rentals […]
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Local TREND. 2 Ways Vegas Enforces Short Term Rental Ordinances
Where: Las Vegas, Nevada What limitations on short term rentals exist in Las Vegas? Area limitations. Prohibited in the areas flanking the Strip Prohibited south of Sahara Avenue How is Las Vegas enforcing illegal short term rentals in those areas? Asking neighbors to call in, document with pictures and report illegal short term rentals $1,000 […]
Anatomy of a Billboard Land Use VETO
Where: North Carolina What legislation was vetoed? HB 645 (2019 | NC) Why was HB 645 vetoed? Local governments should have more say over billboards, clearing, and tree cutting Protecting the beauty & environment should be a top priority News & Observer | Gov. Cooper vetoes bill that would have let billboard owners bypass local […]
City Revising Billboard Ordinance
Where: Longview Texas What arguments are being used to revisit billboard ordinances? Times have changed since they were written Digital Billboards are modern technology Digital Billboards could help reduce the number of billboards News Journal | Longview could revisit billboard sign ordinance; Waffle Shoppe site to remain for now
Eminent Domain Executing Zombie Commerical Property
Where: Swansea, Massachusetts What’s happening with zombie property in Swansea? Covenants were added to a shopping center’s title and its impacting new tenants causing the city to look at eminent domain How will eminent domain be used? In Longmont, CO eminent domain was threatened on an abandoned department store in a mall, and an agreement […]
Land Use Restrictions: Prayer Zones
Where are prayer zones popping up? South Carolina What specific area is being protected in the prayer zone? Areas around South Carolina Schools Is there a local ordinance or a state law on prayer zones? No, the signs do not require regulation is they are on private property and out of right of ways WSOCTV […]
State Legislature. Preventing Farmland Annexation for Industry Use
Where: New York What would the legislation do? prevent the annexation of farmland for industrial use What argument do local governments offer to use annexation of farmland? It is an economic development tool WAMC | Assemblyman Calls For Moratorium On Farmland Annexation Times Union | Bill would slow transformation of farmland to industrial use
City Uses Eminent Domain to Block a Business Facility from Opening
Where: Illinois Who: mayors of Burr Ridge, Darien, Hinsdale, and Willowbrook How: By using eminent domain to acquire the land, they would prevent the re-opening of a medical-device sterilization facility What is the environmental issue with the facility? A state regulatory agency shuttered the facility over the emission of harmful gases Bloomberg Environment | Illinois […]
How to build a New Stadium when the Old Stadium Used Eminent Domain
Where: Oakland California Who is making the opposition arguments? local pastors Which stadium was built with the use of eminent domain? Oakland Coliseum, home to the A’s since 1968 Community arguments in opposition to a new waterfront stadium? the new stadium forsakes “the significant investment in the Coliseum” insult to the residents of East Oakland, […]
Compensation. Eminent Domain and a Pipeline
Where: Texas Hill Country Pipeline What: Kinder Morgan is ordered to pay an additional $2.7 million to 3 land owners How far along is the legal process? Blanco County Special Commissioners Up next: District Court What revenue sources will the pipeline offer for local governments and landowners? The company says $1 billion annually to state […]