Rathkopf's The Law of Zoning and Planning, 4th

Edward H. Ziegler

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Provides detailed coverage of zoning and planning with case law, including constitutional and statutory limitations on government zoning and planning powers, remedies for wrongful land use regulation, rezoning issues, and subdivision restrictions. Discusses tort actions and governmental immunities, especially beneficial in litigation, and provides extensive footnoting for state-specific referencing. Examines evolving issues such as: floodplain and wetlands regulation, growth management, regulation of hazardous wastes, historic preservation laws, variances, building permits, housing laws, restrictions on manufactured housing, private covenants, regulation of adult entertainment businesses, and regulation of religious land use. Provides procedural information, detailed index, and Table of Cases.

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Analyzes tort actions and government immunities
Discusses constitutional and statutory limitations on government zoning and planning powers
Examines remedies, regulation, rezoning issues, and subdivision restrictions
Includes detailed index and Table of Cases
Includes expert case law

Summary Of Contents

Volume 1
Chapter
1. Background of Police Power and Zoning Regulation
2. Constitutional and Legislative Limitations on Zoning
3. Zoning and Due Process
4. Zoning, Discrimination, and Equal Protection
5. Presumptions Affecting and Construction of Zoning Ordinances
6. Constitutional Taking Claims in Land Use Regulation
7. Floodplain and Wetland Regulation
8. Municipal Regulation of Hazardous Waste and Protection of Groundwater
9. State Environmental Impact Review
10. Zoning Districts
11. Special Zoning Districts and Discretionary Development Review
12. Enactment of Zoning Ordinances: Statutory Referral, Notice, Hearing Meeting, and Publication Requirements
13. Interim Zoning and Building Moratoria
14. Comprehensive Plan Requirements and the Consistency Doctrine
Volume 2
1. Growth Management: Integrating Planning, Regulation, and Infrastructure Controls
2. Aesthetics and Land Use Regulation
3. Regulation of Signs and Billboards
4. Local Control of Newsracks, Newsstands, and Similar Vendors and Services
5. Historic Preservation Law
6. Tree and Vegetation Protection
7. Wildlife Protection
8. Exclusionary Zoning
9. Single-Family Zoning and Alternative Residential Uses and Living Arrangements
10. Sex Businesses, Bars, and Cabarets
11. Fair Housing Legislation
12. Amusements, Arcades, Headshops, Festivals, Cybercafes, and Fortunetelling, etc.
13. Zoning for Private Clubs and Service Organizations
14. Local Control of Mobile Homes and Manufactured Housing
15. Local Control of Religious Structures, Uses, and Displays
16. Local Control of Schools, Educational Facilities, Day Care, Camps, and Accessory Uses
17. Mediation in a Land Use Context
18. Passage of Zoning Measures: Voting Requirements, Ex Parte Contracts, Bias, and Conflicts of Interest
19. Zoning and Accessory Uses
20. Zoning for Retail Gasoline Services
Volume 3
1. Local Zoning and Extraterritorial Land Use Controls, Incorporation and Annexation Issues, and Coordinate Regional Goals
2. Statewide and Regional Land Use Controls
3. Rezonings: Effect on Pending Litigation
4. Rezoning: Terminology, Theory, Practice, Perspectives, and Implications for Judicial Review
5. Rezoning Procedures
6. Rezonings: Substantive Validity and Standards for Judicial Review
7. Rezonings: Spot Zoning Claims
8. Rezonings: "Change or Mistake" Rules
9. Rezonings: Protest and Consent Provisions
10. Rezoning With Conditions, Contract and Conditional Rezoning, and Development Agreements
11. Floating Zones
12. Zoning and Planning by Initiative or Referendum
13. Powers of Planning Commissions and Planning Boards
14. State Preemption of Local Regulation
15. Substandard Lots
16. Official Map Restrictions: Operation and Validity
17. Zoning Control of Density and Lot Size
18. Zoning Controls on Height of Buildings and Structures
19. Restrictions on Yards, Setbacks, and Frontage
20. Control of Bulk, Building Area, and Floor Size
21. Actions for Declaratory Judgment
22. Declaratory Judgments in Zoning Actions
23. The Board of Appeals: Its Purposes, Powers, and Procedures
24. Variances
25. Transfer of Development Rights
26. Validity and Enforcement of Site-Specific Zoning Conditions
27. Specially Permitted and Conditional Uses
28. Judicial Review of Administrative Zoning Decisions
Volume 4
1. Standing To Sue in Zoning Cases
2. Mandamus Actions in Zoning Cases
3. Enforcement of Zoning Laws: Powers, Remedies, and Defenses
4. Legal and Equitable Remedies for Wrongful Land Use Regulation
5. Anatomy of Zoning Litigation
6. Res Judicata and the Finality of Zoning Decisions
7. Building Permits
8. Vested Rights and Estoppel Claims
9. Development Agreements
10. Protection and Continuance of Nonconforming Uses and Structures
11. Regulation and Restriction of Nonconforming Uses and Structures
12. Termination and Amortization of Nonconforming Uses and Structures
13. Zoning In Eminent Domain Proceedings
14. Governmental Uses and Zoning
15. Mining and Extraction Activities
16. Zoning and Public Utilities
17. Zoning for Broadcasting Towers , Cellular and Personal Wireless Facilities, Amateur Antennae, and Satellite Dishes
Volume 5
1. Leases and Land Use Restrictions
2. Regulation of Occupancy, Ownership, Rental Housing, and Conversions
3. Public Land Use Controls and Private Covenants
4. Parking and Parking Lots
5. Traffic Conditions and Zoning
6. Zoning for Airports and Adjacent Lands
7. Definitions
8. Site Plan Review and Approval
9. Planned Unit Developments
10. Subdivision Control: Enabling Statutes, Definitions, and Approval Authority
11. Subdivision Control: Substantive Standards
12. Subdivision Control: Procedures and Enforcement
Appendix
1. A Standard State Zoning Enabling Act Under Which Municipalities May Adopt Zoning Regulations: (Recommended by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1926)
Table of Laws and Rules
Table of Cases
Index

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