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United States Supreme Court Issues Important Land Use Decision Affecting Monetary Permit Conditions

/ Owner - July 9, 2013

On June 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court decided Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, No. 11-1447, an important land use decision that may give developers and private property owners a stronger position in the negotiation of permit conditions. Koontz now requires state and local governments to demonstrate that a special permit condition requiring a monetary payment have a clear relationship to or “nexus” with the proposed development and that the amount of the payment be in rough proportion to the effects of the proposed development.   Read More……

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