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Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 5: Proportionate Share Mitigation of Transportation Impacts – Deficient Roadways and Other Transportation Facilities

January 31, 2012

The Act removes the state mandate for local governments to enforce transportation concurrency, the regulatory requirement that roadway and other transportation facilities be in place concurrent [...]

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    Pop-Up Stores Provide Relief to Commercial Real Estate Owners

    January 31, 2012

    The recent economic doldrums have fueled at least one cultural and business phenomena: the pop-up store. With retail occupancy rates lagging, pop-ups (or temporary-store space), is a win-win for [...]

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      Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 3: Adversely Impact Important State Resources and Facilities?

      January 31, 2012

      The Act limits the scope of the state land planning agency’s (now the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) but, as of October, to become the Department of Economic Opportunity) ability to object [...]

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        Temporary Impacts Can Be Inordinate Burdens Under the Harris Act

        January 31, 2012

        For the first time since the enactment of the Harris Act in 1995, the Act can apply to temporary impacts to the development of property. See Section 70.001, Florida Statutes, known as the Bert J. [...]

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          Best Lawyers In America 2012 Include Several WSHPC&B Attorneys

          January 31, 2012

          We are thrilled to report that several WSHPC&B attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers in America for 2012 in their area of practice. Mitchell A. Bierman – Government Relations.  [...]

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            Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 7: Discouraging Urban Sprawl

            January 31, 2012

            The Act continues to require local governments to discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl. For the first time, urban sprawl has been defined in the Community Planning Act, as: “a development [...]

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              Snapshots From The Community Planning Act, Part 6: Evaluation and Appraisal Process

              January 31, 2012

              The Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) as you have known it is dead. In its place is a requirement that local governments evaluate, every seven years, whether changes to the comprehensive plan [...]

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                South Florida PACE District Invests Energy (and Money) Into Going Green

                January 31, 2012

                Recently, the Town of Cutler Bay signed a landmark agreement with Ygrene Energy Fund Florida for Ygrene to provide no-risk administration of Florida’s first-ever Property Assessment Clean Energy [...]

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                  South Florida Municipalities Continue To Fight Pain Clinic “Pill Mills”

                  January 31, 2012

                  Despite 2011 legislation regulating the pain management clinics which have made Florida a center for illicit trafficking in prescription narcotics, local governments continue to face the serious [...]

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                    WSH Litigators Obtain Victory in North Bay Village First Amendment Challenge

                    January 31, 2012

                    On June 12, Judge Ungaro of the Federal Southern District of Florida, granted the City of North Bay Village’s motion for summary judgment seeking the dismissal on standing grounds of a [...]

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