Nonconforming Uses: Part One & Two
By Deborah Rosenthal
Nonconforming uses, the natural by-products of zoning, are created when zoning rules change over time and the old uses are grandfathered in under the original approvals. How the grandfathered uses are treated, how long they survive, and how much they are allowed to change are all decided, in the first instance, by the planning commission.
Part one and part two of this article discusses the governing rules.
Click here to read the full article.
Authored By:
Deborah M. Rosenthal, AICP
(714) 424-2821
DRosenthal@sheppardmullin.com
Reprinted with permission from The Commissioner, copyright Fall 2010 & Winter 2011 by the American Planning Association.
Neither the content on this blog nor any transmissions between you and Sheppard Mullin through this blog are intended to provide legal or other advice or to create an attorney-client relationship.
In communicating with us through this blog, you should not provide any confidential information to us concerning any potential or actual legal matter you may have. Before providing any such information to us, you must obtain approval to do so from one of our lawyers.
By choosing to communicate with us without such prior approval, you understand and agree that Sheppard Mullin will have no duty to keep confidential any information you provide.
