By Saira Rhodes on Posted in Development,Land Use,Land Use PlanningAttorney Duncan Greene discusses Tax Increment Financing and Transfer of Development Rights in the latest issue of the Puget Sound Section of the American Planning Association‘s newsletter… Continue Reading
By Tadas A. Kisielius on Posted in Environmental,Land Use,Water LawA recent article in the New York Times explores a legal battle over impacts of water banking in California. The dispute is over the practice in dry agrarian areas of storing water underground when flows are plentiful for withdrawal during future drier months. In central California, where water banks were first established in 1978, the practice … Continue Reading
By Saira Rhodes on Posted in Climate Change,Energy Efficiency/Sustainability,MunicipalColumbia Law School’s Center for Climate Change Law has prepared a first draft of a model small-scale solar-siting ordinance. The model ordinance offers a framework that can enable municipalities to implement and enforce the effective and efficient use of solar energy resources. The ordinance would govern all new solar energy systems of up to ten … Continue Reading
