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Conditional Zoning–Enhance Your Zoning Request

Business Law, Zoning LawBy msnyderMarch 11, 2015

Many times a zoning body (Planning Commission, Township Board, etc) is reluctant to rezone a property without a specific use.  Once a parcel is rezoned, ANY USE PERMITTED in the “new” or rezoned district is fair game.  For example, rezoning a parcel from Agricultural to Commercial sounds simple when the petitioner is talking in general…

Lawful Non-Conforming Uses :: Grandfathered Property and Zoning Law

Zoning LawBy msnyderDecember 11, 2013

Clients often call to ask if the property they are selling is subject to “new” zoning regulations which were adopted after they bought the property and which regulations would disallow the current use if they were requesting it for the first time. The question is usually phrased in the form of a statement: “my property…

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