All Articles tagged land use

• General
  February 28, 2019 EDT
  URBAN CREEP IN UPSTATE NEW YORK: OPTIMIZING THE PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND
  Lindsey L. Johnson

  New York State has the tools and capabilities of promoting agriculture and land use planning by focusing on the needs of communities at the local level.

• General
  January 01, 2012 EDT
  RECONCEPTUALIZING THE LAW OF NUISANCE THROUGH A THEORY OF ECONOMIC CAPTIVITY
  George P. Smith IIMatthew Saunig

  This article examines the affirmative defense of coming to the nuisance and what the appropriate application of such a defense entails.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2011 EDT
  WHAT DO GRAPES AND FEDERAL LAWSUITS HAVEIN COMMON? BOTH MUST BE RIPE
  William Maker Jr.

  This article conisders the issues with federal courts considering land use disputes on constitutional grounds rather than state law.

• General
  May 08, 2009 EDT
  SHINING THE LIGHT ON GREYFIELDS: A WAL-MART CASE STUDY ON PREVENTING ABANDONMENT OF BIG BOX STORES THROUGH LAND USE REGULATIONS
  Betsy H. Sochar

  This paper addresses the growth of Wal-Mart and the impact the company has on other retailers and discusses the problems abandoned properties create for a community.