Urban Farms in California could get a property tax cut if San Diego adopts its ordinance to reduce property taxes for urban farming lands.
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Legal TREND. Does a permit requirement equal a taking?
No, nej, nyet! An appellate court in California decided 2 issues against a billionaire landwoner and neither of which is a taking:
- requiring a California billionaire to be permitted to provide beach access to a long used surfer spot is not a taking.
- Why isn’t this a taking? No permit has been applied for yet.
- an injunction that requires that the surfers have access to the beach is also not a taking.
- Why isn’t this a taking? because in the injunction is temporary
Legal Trend. More Input on Grants of Eminent Domain Authority. Bigger Voice for Local Governments.
Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals held that all counties along the Grain Belt Express, wind transmission line, must approve the project.
Appeal of this ruling has been declined by the state supreme court.
Missouri’s Public Service Commission relied on this ruling to deny approval until all counties sign off on the plan & it is said to impact other transmission lines and Pipelines.
St. Louis Post Dispatch | Despite giving vocal support, state regulators again deny Grain Belt…
Local Gov. TREND. Wisconsin County took what action to stop eminent domain?
The Wisconsin County: Wood County, WI
What did Wood County Board of Supervisors do? Pass a resolution calling on the Legislature to prohibit a specific energy company from having the power of eminent domain
The Activists behind it: 80 Feet is Enough, who argue that the existing 80 feet of pipeline easement is enough, more land shouldn’t be taken
The Legislative goal: to give property owners the value of their land back
Wisconsin Public Radio | Wood County Passes Resolution To Keep Oil…
A mayor. A Stadium. 2 Types of Property that will be exempt from eminent domain.
The L.A. Clippers need a new stadium. New stadiums take land and can use eminent domain, except when the elected officials say no, hell, no…
Bonjour to Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. who said there would be no taking of:
- residential property; and
- no taking of church property.
Local Trend. Private Property Rights. Short Term Rentals- you betchya!
St. Paul, Minnesota is moving forward with new short term rental rules that would:
- limit the number of short term rental units in a home or apartment building to 1/2 or 4
- Cap on number of renters at 4 unrelated (AKA the party cap)
- City taxes must be collected
- The caps have some wiggle room for large buildings that have limited use permits and owner occuppied & present short term rentals
What sparked the short term rental rules? The 2018 Super Bowl is being hosted by the Twin Cities.
Editorial. 3 Reasons Eminent Domain for Pipelines is Unfair & UnAmerican
Lancaster County Pennsylvania is experiencing an uptick in eminent domain actions due to the Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline.
The Lancaster News Press Editorial board editorial opposed to eminent domain for pipelines makes 3 points:
- The legal taking for corporate benefit is deeply unfair
- The eminent domain process is stacked against landowners
- Better yet, private companies using eminent domain isn’t only deeply unfair, it is UnAmerican.
Business Trend. Bring the Sharing Economy to Rural Lands. Rent a Tent site. Gap in Ordinances & Laws.
The business: Hicamp
It’s like AirBnB for camping.
Looking to expand into urban areas. How do local short term rental rules apply to camping in a city? or in a county?
Houston Chronicle | Hipcamp website lets private property owners rent out land for camping
4 Sovereign Nations Opposing Eminent Domain with a boost from the 10th Circuit. Mexican De-regualtion in the mix.
4 Native American tribes signed an agreement opposing eminent domain–the ability to buy your land.
While Native American soveriegnty is murky, it got a boost this week via a ruling from the 10th Circuit.
Where this will be most interesting will be when eminent domain is sought over lands held by or held in trust by native american tribes. That’s anthing from the Keystonr XL protests to the Native American lands between the Permian Basin and the Mexico border.
Private Property Local Government Trend. Paying Property Owners to Go Green. Procurement Opportunity.
NYC Department of Environmental Protection has recommended a plan to pay private proeprty owners to go green.
How would this work?
- “ Restructuring water rates to shift costs to properties that generate relatively large amounts of runoff, and away from those that generate a relatively little.”
- Contractw ith a 3rd party administrator for a Green Grant Program that would provide financial incentives to property owners that go green.
NRDC | Paying Private Property Owners in NYC to “Go Green”