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Real Estate Alphabet Soup: Z Is for Zoning

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: Y Is for Yard”, I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” and completes the recipe with the final ingredient, the...more

Real Estate Alphabet Soup: V Is for Variance

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: U Is for Unities,” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “V.”...more

The Amazon Effect on Planning and Zoning

Online retail giant Amazon recently shortened the list of potential locations for its future second corporate headquarters, referred to as Amazon’s “HQ2”, to twenty locations around the country. Three of those 20 locations...more

4/12/2018  /  Amazon , Local Ordinance , Zoning Laws

A New Maryland Case on Annexations: The County May Give, but the County May Take

In a case of first impression in Maryland, the Court of Appeals of Maryland recently held in Waterman Family Limited Partnership v. Boomer, 456 Md. 330, 173 A.3d 1069 (2017) that a newly elected Board of County Commissioners...more

2/19/2018  /  Zoning Laws

Micro Units: The Latest Trend in High Density Housing

In my previous article “The Tiny House Craze: Zoning Laws Could Be a Tiny Impediment” I discussed the popular new “tiny house” trend in residential housing options. Along with the “tiny house” craze, another new and growing...more

Land Use Lessons from the Eye of the Hurricane

As I write this article, powerful Hurricane Irma is bearing down on Florida, and Hurricane Jose is close behind it, farther out in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Irma has already devastated parts of the Caribbean Islands, and...more

Solar Farms: Shining a Light on Zoning Requirements

With anticipation and wonder many of us stood still for several moments on August 21, 2017 hoping to catch at least a glimpse of the much anticipated total eclipse of the sun. Whether you were fortunate to be in the area of...more

The Tiny House Craze: Zoning Laws Could Be a Tiny Impediment

The “tiny house” movement is all the rage right now. The cause of the craze may be many faceted. Whether the popularity and demand is being driven by a shift in peoples’ preference to downsize to a more simplified lifestyle...more

Annexing Property in Maryland: So You Want to Be Part of Life in the Big City?

Life in the big city has its advantages. Desirable public services, such as police protection, trash collection, public water and sewer service, and other services and amenities are available that you may not have if you live...more

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