Welcome to the Future!
Where: Nashville, TN
The Business Rethinking Land Use, Parking Requirements & Transportation: Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group
What did Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group Leverage to be granted a variance from parking space requirements for its building epxansion? The unanimous variance was granted for TriStar to partner with ride share to “pay monthly rates for the commutes for 23 employees, equal to the number of parking spaces” lost to the building expansion
The research on contracts that led to the Nobel Prize in economics included analysis of private property rights contracts.
The takeaway from the research: “contracts should make clear what needs to be done to deal with future disagreements between parties rather than center on specific requirements.”
VOA NEWS | Nobel Prize Winners Studied Agreements Affecting Everyone
What legal case is involved? South LaFourche Levee District v. Chad M. Jarreau
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A watershed coaltition in Southern Georgia and Northern Florida touts solar energy because it doesn’t require eminent domain.
How are drones used? Drones fly over private property to collect 3D property mapping models to use in eminent domain litigation
How does this fit with juries? Juries can take virtual reality tours of the property to be condemned
Wisconsin Law Journal | Firm brings modeling into eminent-domain litigation
The key issue: Business owners, who do not own the business’s property, may be forced into move
The eminent domain issue: Texas does not recognize a comepnsable value for a tenant business
Do other states compensate a tenant? Yes, look at California
The property in dispute & the project: A new dental school facility at Texas A&M may require that the university acquire the property occuppied by the Elbow Room
Does this sound familiar, a popular establishment near a university facing…
The start up: Transonic Transportation LLC
The rail project: A hyperloop connecting Austin & San Antonio
The use of royalties instead of eminent domain: Instead of acquiring land, the model involves giving dividends and profit sharing to landowners
The pro-private proeprty rights angle: Since hyperloop track would be build on pylons, there is no barrier to access to land, unlike when tracks are laid on the ground.
Are zoning laws usually the enemy of tiny houses? Yes. Zoning laws often prevent tiny houses.
What is the argument against allowing tiny houses in zoning ordinances? That property values will diminish by permiting tiny houses
Are tiny houses running amock with building…
New Sharing Economy Business Trend: Rent a Human to Guide you through the interesting aspects of the area of your short term rental.
The Rent a Human Program Name: City Hosts. Like a Zombie Hosts on a Human.
the Goal: Like the AirBnB commercials, short term rentals are about the experience
Example Experiences:
Example Regulations: Do…
Is eminent domain on the table for the Vista Ridge Pipeline connecting to San Antonio Water System? YES
What does SAWS predict as a reason to say No to a Vista Ridge purchase offer? Rural lands that have been in a family for generations.
What does a landowner in the path of Vista Ridge say is his concern and reason he opposes Vista Ridge? His land’s water well drops. The background: