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129 Ordinances

129 Ordinances (Property · The complaint alleges that the residence has a solar) — "129 ordinances, statutes, and restrictions of record where such use is nece…

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  • Private property rights should be protected when their use serves legitimate needs.
  • Upholding these rights is a fundamental precept of a free society.
  • Current real-estate prices and zoning premiums show that people still highly value intensive-use rights.
  • A commentator argues that dismissing development rights as outdated ignores their continuing economic value.
  • The majority concludes that private land use has increasingly been regulated for public welfare.
  • The majority relies on Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Company and Just v. Marinette County.
  • Police-power and eminent-domain cases involve interference with private rights for public health, safety, morals, or welfare.
  • The present case concerns restricting the defendant’s property use despite no notice of the restriction.
  • The defendant complied with the applicable ordinances and statutes.
  • The plaintiff knew of the potential problem before the defendant acquired the land.
  • The plaintiff seeks the restriction to obtain a personal, private benefit.
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"129 ordinances, statutes, and restrictions of record where such use is necessary to serve his legitimate needs is a fundamental precept of a free society which this court should strive to uphold. As one commentator has suggested: It is fashionable to dismiss such values as deriving from a bygone era in which people valued development as a ‘goal in itself,’ but current market prices for real estate, and more particularly the premiums paid for land whose zoning permits intensive use, suggest that people still place very high values on such rights. Williams, Solar Access and Property Rights: A Maverick Analysis , 11 Conn. L. Rev. 430, 443 (1979) (footnote omitted). Cf. Goble, Solar Access and Property Rights: Reply to a “Maverick” Analysis , 12 Conn. L. Rev. 270 (1980). The majority cites two zoning cases, Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Company , 272 U.S. 365 (1926), and Just v. Marinette County , 56 Wis. 2d 7 (1972), to support the conclusion that society has increasingly regulated private land use in the name of public welfare. The cases involving the use of police power and eminent domain are clearly distinguishable from the present situation as they relate to interference with a private right solely for the public health, safety, morals, or welfare. In the instant case, we are dealing with an action which seeks to restrict the defendant’s private right to use his property, notwithstanding a complete lack of notice of restriction to the defendant and the defendant’s compliance with applicable ordinances and statutes. The plaintiff who knew of the potential problem before the defendant acquired the land seeks to impose such use restriction to accommodate his personal, private benefit-a benefit which could have been accommodated by"

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