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compensated for loss of land values due to downzoning.
In response to that issue, Herd elaborated, “The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled that a zoning restriction must prevent ‘all economic use’ of the property before it qualifies as ‘taking’ of property rights requiring compensation. This allows quite a bit of regulation before compensation would be required.”
The exception to this situation is when a landowner has ‘proffered’ certain conditions as part of a rezoning action under conditional zoning procedures. Then, government officials may not reduce the density of the tract without the landowner giving permission. '
Rezone the Town?
Completely re-zoning the entire town would be a possibility as well, basing the entire Tbwn of Washington on the original traditional settlement pattern, ensuring the historic visual character.
The existing subdivision standards do not allow the con
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