Land Use Law in Florida

ISBN-13: 9780367622596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 306 str.

W. Thomas Hawkins

Opis

Land Use Law in Florida presents an in-depth analysis of land use law common to many states across the US, using Florida cases and statutes as examples.

Spis treści

1 Introduction  Part I  How Governments Regulate Land Use  2 Nuisance  3 Local Government Land Use Powers  4 Substantive Due Process  5 Quasi-Judicial Decision-Making  6 Florida’s Planning Statutes  7 Judicial Treatment of Comprehensive Plans  8 Local Variation  9 Specific Quasi-Judicial Decisions  Part II  Challenging Land Use Decisions  10 Administrative Hearing  11 Writ Of Certiorari  12 Consistency Challenge  13 Declaratory Judgement  Part III  Property Rights  14 Eminent Domain  15 Per Se Regulatory Takings  16 Ad Hoc Balancing Test for Regulatory Takings  17 Florida Law Protections for Property Rights  Part IV  Infrastructure  18 Exactions  19 Taxes, Assessments, and Fees  20 Tax Increment Financing  21 Concurrency  22 Development Agreements  23 Plats and Restrictive Covenants  Part V  Additional U.S. Constitutional Issues  24 Equal Protection  25 Speech  26 Religion

O autorze

W. Thomas Hawkins is a Lecturer in the University of Florida’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning and is Program Director of the university's online Master of Urban and Regional Planning. In addition to teaching courses in land use law, planning administration and ethics, and development review for the department, Thomas has taught land use law for the Levin College of Law and for Florida State University. Prior to joining the department, he was Policy & Planning Director of 1000 Friends of Florida—the state’s leading advocate for planning and growth management in the public interest—where he addressed land use and transportation policy. Thomas also served two terms as a Gainesville City Commissioner. He has a law degree from the Emory University School of Law, a Master of Science in Real Estate from the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and a member of the Florida Bar.