Anatomy of a Property Rights Group Opposition to Local Land Use. 5 New Preemption Bills + 3 Inverse Condemnation Compensation Standards

Where: La Plata County Colorado

The land use resrictions the La Plata Liberty Coalition Opposes:

  • County regulation of building height
  • County regulation of exterior facade colors
  • County regulations of screening structures and minimizing impacts on views
  • County regulations providing visual breaks to any structures’ facade
  • County regulations to avoid monotonous roof planes

3 County regulation topics that require just compensation:

  • requiring “open vistas”
  • preserving “scenic corridors”
  • “aesthetics” 

OpEd La Plata Liberty Coalition | Durango Herald | Fossel; Getting it right! La Plata Liberty Coalition takes on the land-use code