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2018 Survey Results Are In

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Chapter 160D Now Effective

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Plan Consistency Statements

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A Statutory Modification for Plan Consistency Statements

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What Does the Farm Exemption from Zoning Regulation Include?

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Advisory Board Review of Quasi-judicial Decisions

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Dealing with Land Uses Not Specifically Addressed in a Zoning Ordinance: The Saga Continues

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Can the City Tell Me What My New House Has to Look Like?

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Proposed Reorganization and Modernization of Planning and Development Regulation Statutes

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Meet the Granny Pod: New Zoning Protection for Temporary Family Health Care Structures

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Requirements for Quasi-Judicial Decision Documents

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Stay What? Placing Development on Hold While Appeals Are Pending

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Can Outside Material be Incorporated by Reference into Local Development Regulations?

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Can a Property Owner Be Cited for a Zoning Violation by a Tenant?

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Mandated Notices in Land Development Regulations

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The Who, What, and When of Appeals TO the Board of Adjustment

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Choosing the Right Development Review Process: Factors to Consider

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Voting Calculations When a Simple Majority is Not Enough to Decide a Zoning Matter

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Do You Have to Swear to Tell the Truth to the Board of Adjustment?

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Protest Petitions: Going or Staying?

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BOA Changes Are Coming

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Rick’s Cafe Experiences Growing Pains

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What Do You Mean I Can’t Start Up My Business Again?

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Can We Top Off Our Tower?

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How Much Repair is Too Much Repair?

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Can the Board Go Into a Closed Session to Deliberate a Quasi-Judicial Decision?

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Which City and County Ordinances Apply in the ETJ?

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A Conditional What? Clarifying Some Confusing Zoning Terminology

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School Impact Fees and Development Regulations: Another Round

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When Can a Biased Elected Official Participate in a Zoning Decision?

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Can We Consider Ownership in a Zoning Decision?

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Can We Continue this Zoning Hearing?

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Can Time Limits be Imposed on Speakers at a Zoning Hearing?

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Can a Group Home be Zoned Out of the Neighborhood?

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Land Use Regulation of Internet Sweepstakes Cafes

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Does the County Have to Comply with City Zoning?

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Can I Be Heard? Who Gets to Speak at a Hearing on a Quasi-judicial Matter?

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Tolling Ends, But Permit Extension Law Leaves Many Approvals in Place

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Can We Prohibit Offensive Signs?

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Amending an Approved Project

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What If a Proposed Rezoning Is Inconsistent With Our Plan?

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Is the Mayor Doing Her Job or Improperly Receiving Evidence?

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Rezoning Conditions Done Right

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Can We Add a Condition to this Rezoning?

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This Letter Deserves More Attention

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Can a City Really Zone Land Outside the City?

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Is This Spot Legal?

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Is this letter worth the paper it’s printed on?

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But I Already Bought the Lot and Had the Plans Made

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Club-A-Gone-Gone?

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If We Can’t Collect a Fee, Can We Just Say No? Use of Impact Fees and Adequate Public Facility Regulatory Requirements

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How Much is Too Much for That Application Fee?

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Zoning Religious Land Uses

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Can the Town Require This Religious Use to Get a Special Use Permit?

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A Topless Bar in Our Fair Town?

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Does Zoning Have to Provide a Place for Everything?

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Singled Out. A Problem in Enforcement?

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Can We Hit the Pause Button on Development Approvals?

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Fixing an Error on a Zoning Map

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Placing conditions on a conditional or special use permit approval.

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Do We Have to Hold Another Hearing on this Zoning Case?

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Wouldn’t It Be Nice? Agreements on Large-Scale Development

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Can the Opinions of Neighbors be Considered in a Zoning Hearing?

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What needs to be in the notice of a zoning hearing?

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New Life for Old Development Approvals