Showing posts with label zoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zoning. Show all posts
Sign Regulations And The Threat To Free Speech
by S.M. Oliva. In 2006, auto shop owner Wayne Weatherbee decided to expand his business by purchasing a vacant lot that had once held another auto shop dating back to the 1940s. But zoning officials in the city of Clermont, Florida, determined that Weatherbee's plans for the lot clashed with the city's aesthetic agenda and zoning regulations, ... MOREAlyssa Berlin: NYC Cracks Down On Sidewalk Cafes
Just in time for summer. Forget the great outdoors. The Department of Consumer Affairs has sent notice to 17 New York
restaurants, telling them that that they will have to close their
sidewalk seating areas unless they are willing to comply with the city’s
zoning regulations. “Please be advised you have 100 business days ... MOREMark J. Fitzgibbons: A Property Rights Revolution For 2013
Bureaucratic bullying on steroids. A previously apolitical organic farmer in Virginia has set off a property rights revolution that would make Founders Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and author of Virginia's Declaration of Rights George Mason proud. Martha Boneta had a business license for her tiny farm store in scenic Paris, Virginia, ... MOREBrian Phillips: Zoning Versus The Internet
The key to success is freedom. The stated purpose of zoning is to control land use within a community
to prevent “incompatible” land uses and to promote planning. Most
Americans accept zoning as a “necessary evil” that prevents pawn shops
and factories from operating in residential neighborhoods. Most
Americans are, to paraphrase Benjamin ... MORE
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