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The Complete Guide to Zoning: How to Navigate the Complex and Expensive Maze of Zoning, Planning, Environmental, and Land-Use Law
| Title | The Complete Guide to Zoning: How to Navigate the Complex and Expensive Maze of Zoning, Planning, Environmental, and Land-Use Law |
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| Date | 2024-10-12 10:59:58 |
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Desciption
The only consumer's guide to making sense of land-use laws and regulationsMany property owners have no idea what their rights are when it comes to altering their properties, or protecting themselves from encroachment by developers and the misguided building and renovation plans of neighbors. Written by a leading national expert on land-use law, The Complete Guide to Zoning tells home owners, developers, and investors nationwide everything you need to know about getting approvals and protecting your property rights.In plain English, Dwight Merriam explains how to:Get fast approvals for building and renovation plans Obtain building permits and variances Fight development projects Use land-use laws to protect and increase property values Identify and work around laws that limit building and renovation plans Deal with environmental-protection laws Read more
Review
The title is slightly misleading, but what the book actually attempts to do, it does very well.The book focuses on how developers or property owners can move easily through the zoning process. The author also gives tips to opposition groups seeking to reduce or kill a development project. The book provides a great overview of the zoning approval process, and important tactics to help things go your way.The book does not provide much of a history of zoning, or any information on land use or zoning policy. Don't buy it for those purposes. It does some include a little too much advice perhaps, including how to present yourself professionally and maintain contacts, but at least it's not bad advice.The book is written in a very clear and engaging pedagogical style. I think the style is a slightly condescending at times, but I wasn't reading it for fun. I was reading it to understand how to win in the zoning process, and for that the book seems perfect.
