Sentences with phrase «local land use»

This occurs through regulation of private land uses and through local land use planning.

He also represents property owners and developers in local land use permitting matters.

We held interactive workshops to introduce local decision makers to the issues behind climate change and presented solutions for integrating climate adaptation into local land use management, development, and restoration efforts.

Evidence that local land use practices influence regional climate and vegetation patterns in adjacent natural areas.

Despite this decision, Millennium Bulk Terminals, the company behind the project, insists on moving forward with local land use permits from Cowlitz County as well as a related permit from Ecology.

City leaders Wednesday condemned a last - minute attempt by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to claim the right to redevelop the neighborhood around Penn Station without having to conduct environmental reviews or abide by local land use laws.

«In twelve years on the Council, the tradition of deference on local land use matters gave me the leverage I needed to negotiate better land use deals for my constituents,» Brewer said in an e-mailed statement.

Because private wells tend to be shallower than public wells and are less frequently monitored, they are also more susceptible to contamination from local land use activities such as farming, residential development, and landfills.

Building heights, take - off times and other local land use measures used to curb the impact of traditional airports may be considered by both local governments and the FAA in connection with drone deliveries.

Despite the Washington Department of Ecology's decision denying a key permit, Millennium insists on moving forward with local land use permits from Cowlitz County, as well as a related permit from Ecology.

I expect it will redouble its efforts to work with local land use agencies across the County.

These features, combined with the power to dispense billions in federal and state funds, bond for debt, grant extensive tax breaks, override local land use laws, and take private property through eminent domain, makes the ESDC one of New York's most powerful honey pots.

«The oil and gas industry tried to take away a fundamental right that pre-dates even the Declaration of Independence: the right of municipalities to regulate local land use.

Should states be required to reduce local land use and zoning regulation in order to qualify for LIHTC?

Using a clause in the state constitution that gives municipalities the right to make local land use decisions, 2014 Goldman Prize winner Helen Slottje provided pro-bono legal assistance, helping towns... Read More

Defend you in a municipal enforcement action for alleged violation of zoning, subdivision, or other local land use regulations

There is no need to over-constrain local land use policy by overriding it even when its effects don't transcend municipal boundaries.

A more measured and politically viable approach would be to use state powers to constrain the choices cities can make with respect to specific aspects of local land use that transcend municipal boundaries.

When resistance to densification is hardwired into local land use policy, e.g. through single family zoning, one will be hard pressed to find evidence of disrupted development, because no developer would attempt it.

Davis Malm attorney J. Gavin Cockfield was recently a panelist at a special joint seminar by the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association and the City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association on local land use and zoning matters.

These initial points, or «droneports,» could impact the surrounding land and local land use laws in a manner similar to airports.

«The proposed plan to build a mosque by Ground Zero is a local land use matter that the Mayor, Borough President, local officials and community leaders need to address.

According to the Center for Disease Control, the most common sources of contamination in the US water system are related to local land uses and manufacturing processes.

Like any significant business, utilities must deal with state and federal regulators, local land use, and statutory requirements that may specific to their industry or more general, such as wage and hour laws.

Our goal is to raise awareness among REALTORS ® nationally; to urge them to become active in the local land use planning process; and, through their local, state, and national associations, to provide resources to help policy makers solve growth - related issues.

«Everybody has forever agreed in Washington that local land use is a risky area for the federal government to get involved in,» Platt says.