Forum (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 31, 2008
Coastal Community Is an Example of Regulation Gone Off the Deep End
The case of a 1970s coastal housing development is a stunning reminder of why people despise government regulators, writes Gideon Kanner. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Gideon Kanner One of the best commentaries on the law and realities of land use is the 1985 book "The Zoning Game Revisited" by Richard F. Babcock, the late dean of the nation's land use bar and his associate, Charles L. Siemon, now a practicing attorney in Florida. The book deals with several high-profile land use controversies that pitted local Not-in-My-Back-Yard types, (better known as NIMBYs) against developers who attempted ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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