Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law, 2d (Practitioner Treatise Series)

This reference for city and urban planning specialists discusses these topics and more: types of zones and uses; limitations on zoning power; zoning flexibility and relief; subdivision control; building and housing codes; growth management and planning; windfalls and wipeouts; taxation as a planning and control device; environmental protection regulations; aesthetic regulations and historic preservation; farmland preservation; new communities; urban renewal and downtown revitalization; nuisance law; private land use control through easements, covenants, and servitudes; the power of eminent domain; adoption procedures for land use controls; litigation strategies; and liability for improper exercise of the land use control power.