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Wastewater Impact Fees: A Recent Ruling with National Implications ( June 2005 )
The threat of legal challenges related to wastewater and water rate making has become a reality for many utility professionals across the nation. Traditionally, the preponderance of these lawsuits were triggered by cost-of-service disputes regarding rate design, the calculation of revenue requirements, and the allocation of such requirements to an individual customer or customer class. -
Attention Developers: Your Tentative Map May Be in Jeopardy--or May Have Expired ( October 2004 )
On January 23, 2004, the Sonoma County Superior Court ruled in Bodega Bay Concerned Citizens v. County of Sonoma that Government Code Section 66452.6(e) of California's Subdivision Map Act imposes a 60-day deadline for local agencies to act on a developer's request for an extension of a tentative map, after which it automatically and irrevocably expires — leaving the developer with no recourse. -
Entangled or Entangled? ( August 2003 )
As the strong real estate market continues, many developers and investors are reevaluating projects that, although they may have received previous government land-use approvals or "entitlements," remain only partially built-out or undeveloped. Generally, properties with existing entitlements are thought to carry less risk than unentitled land and, as a result, sellers expect a premium price. While this general assumption often holds true, many projects, unfortunately, have their own unique skeletons in the closet. -
Have Lawmakers Found A Cure For Sprawl? ( October 2000 )
Commercial development in the Philadelphia suburbs is on fire, and residential development continues unabated. "Ant. -
Development Impact Fees In Georgia ( September 2000 )
Currently a great deal of media and professional attention is being devoted to the issue of development impact . -
Land Condominiums: A Creative Way to Convey Property Without Subdivision ( September 1998 )
For the past 30 years, developers of multi-family properties have been able to subdivide their property into indivi.
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