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Owning Real Property Near Military Bases: Considerations for Buying, Selling, and Developing Land in an AICUZ

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You have found the perfect spot for a new neighborhood, office complex, or retail center—only to discover it's within an Air Installations Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ). Suddenly, noise levels, building heights, and safety...more

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Seattle Passes Bill to Incentivize “Office-to-Residential” Conversions

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The Seattle City Council passed Council Bill 120937 on February 11, 2025, aimed to encourage developers and commercial property owners to convert underutilized commercial properties into residential housing. Set to take...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update October 2024 #3

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A bid to bolster eviction protections for San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood businesses won key approval last Tuesday as city leaders contemplate a sweeping rezoning plan that stands to boost building height limits along...more

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Enacts a New Commercial Eviction Moratorium Ordinance - Update #2

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On December 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a commercial eviction moratorium ordinance (the Board Ordinance), which Board Ordinance came into effect on January 11, 2021. When the Board...more

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Enacts a New Commercial Eviction Moratorium Ordinance - Update

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Update: This article was updated on March 15, 2021, to include that the governor’s emergency order was extended to June 30, 2021. Update: This article was updated on January 19, 2021, to include that the commercial...more

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California Governor Issues Executive Order N-80-20 Regarding Commercial Evictions

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Governor Gavin Newsom has issued Executive Order N-80-20, extending through March 31, 2021 Executive Order N-28-20, which allows local governments to impose commercial eviction moratoriums and restrictions for commercial...more

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Nonconforming Uses – Don’t Abandon Them

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Legal pre-existing nonconforming uses (aka grandfathered uses) have a tenuous existence in New York.  Although protected by vested property rights in the Constitution, many local zoning ordinances seek to eliminate these...more

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A Primer on Zoning Nonconformities in North Carolina

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Zoning laws, like any other laws, can change from time to time. What happens if your structure, lot, or use is permitted under an existing law, but the law changes in a way that your structure, lot, or use is suddenly no...more

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