beyond the legal opinion
April 3, 2013
Over the course of the past month, there has been a flood of data indicating that housing is making a strong recovery. Furthermore, according to many economists housing is currently one of the strong sectors of the national economy. According…
March 27, 2013
A couple of weeks ago I posted here about a new style of infill house that would be showcased on theModern Homes tour. As promised, I went on the tour and visited all but three of the houses. I wanted to give a brief…
March 22, 2013
A unanimous court decision reversed an earlier ruling of the Washington Court of Appeals Division II today, holding that lands annexed to the cities of Ridgefield and Camas would remain annexed. In 2007, the Clark County Board of County Commissioners adopted new…
March 7, 2013
Years ago during former Governor Kulongoski’s first run for Governor, I was asked to provide a list to his campaign of land use items that I saw as extremely important to creating jobs in Oregon. I identified three: First, the…
March 6, 2013
On Monday, February 4, 2013, in a 98-0 vote, the Washington House passed House Bill 1074. As discussed here last week on the Dirt Law Blog, House Bill 1074 would extend plats one more year for up to a maximum of ten years. …
March 6, 2013
The Washington Supreme Court denied Clark County and the Building Industry Association of Clark County petitions for review challenging the ruling of Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals affirming of the Pollution Control Hearings Board decision rejecting Clark County’s alternative…
March 5, 2013
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the Clark County Board of Commissioners extended land use approvals for preliminary land division, planned unit developments, site plans, conditional use permits, master plans, variances, and other land use approvals on those developments approved between…
March 1, 2013
A very fascinating case just announced on Valentine’s Day by Division III of the Washington Court of Appeals denied “a mulligan” to a group of property owners seeking to keep open a golf course located adjacent to their homes. In Riverview…
February 28, 2013
I’d like to give a brief status update on where some important land use bills stand following the cut-off date to make it out of committee this past Friday. Impact Fees House Bill 1652 and companion Senate Bill 5644 made it out of…
February 27, 2013
This is a pretty cool house with an accessory dwelling unit ("ADU") that just recently completed construction in Portland. A while ago I posted about some pioneering things going on in small lot development and infill in Los Angeles by…
