Landowners Concerned Over Proposed Development Rules: Clustering May Be Allowed in Rural James City to Better Protect Open Land By Grouping Lots Together.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jan. 30--JAMES CITY -- The committee entrusted with creating new development rules for James City's rural land for the first time in two decades presented its proposal Monday night to about 100 people in Legacy Hall in New Town.
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By MARGARET K. COLLINS, STAFF WRITER  WAYNE  Township officials still hope for tax-generating development on the last big tract of available land in town. But after having butted their heads against state environmental restrictions in the past, they're now willing to go along to get along.
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By Wagner, Matthew Kaiser, Ronald; Kreuter, Urs; Wilkins, Neal  ABSTRACT: As nearly all of Texas' rural lands are privately owned, landowner associations for the management of white-tailed deer and ground-water have become increasingly popular.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 9--Pueblo County's 1041 land-use regulations are becoming a "smorgasbord for lawyers," as Commissioner Matt Peulen put it.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 5--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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By Omar Sofradzija  By OMAR SOFRADZIJA  (c) 2007 REVIEW-JOURNAL  A complicated compromise could expand landowners' protections against seizures of their land, while limiting the effect such limits would have on public works projects.
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By Jefferson George, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 22--A collection of vastly different but similarly deliberate landowners has created a contrast in development along Interstate 85 in eastern Gaston County.
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By Amy Armour  A local developer is making an effort to preserve trees and green space for a planned 132-acre residential community in Wentzville. But this won't be a typical residential community -- almost half of the project will be designated community green space.
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By EVADNA BARTLETT  Homeowners in an often-soaked Teays Valley subdivision worry that development of adjacent property will worsen their problems.   They laid out their concerns Tuesday before the Putnam County Commission.
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The move marks a growing trend in public-private efforts in western US toward land conservation.
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By By Mariecar Mendoza, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 12--In a move possibly without precedent, the Arroyo Grande City Council might take a contentious housing tract proposal out of planners' hands and decide itself whether it moves forward.
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Developers find themselves pushing harder, agreeing to bend more and working patiently through the unique concerns of landowners.
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By Amy Choate-Nielsen Deseret Morning News  PROVO -- Utah County officials may allow a gravel-pit company to keep digging in an area that isn't zoned for industrial use -- but not if the neighbors can help it.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--Fresno County supervisors slowed a plan Tuesday to expand Parlier's future city boundaries, saying the city did not do enough to protect sensitive agricultural areas.
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By Arlene Mart?nez, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Mar. 12--Property owners debating whether to keep their land undeveloped forever can reap better tax benefits if they do it this year.
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By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C.  Feb. 18--People who live in two Gibsonville neighborhoods shared their concerns about a proposed housing development with the town's planning board Thursday night.