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Land Use Law Blog
Court Puts Onus On County To Demonstrate Infeasibility Of Agricultural Conservation Easements To Mitigate Loss Of Prime Farmland
By Katherine J. Hart In Masonite Corporation v. County of Mendocino (July 25, 2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 230, the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, reversed a trial court’s decision denying…
Land Use Law Blog
Buyer And Seller Can Cure A SMA Violation Under Black Hills Through Subsequent Agreement Modification
By William W. Abbott The last market downturn has resulted in Subdivision Map Act (“SMA”) cases involving circumstances in which the parties to a purchase or option agreement pertaining to…
Land Use Law Blog
NEW CLASS – Proactive Land Use Entitlement Strategies For Raw Land And Updates To Existing Entitlements
Join William Abbott and Kate Hart of Abbott & Kindermann in a new class which ties together best practices for land development projects. This is an advanced class aimed primarily…
Land Use Law Blog
Mobilehome Park Conversions Trigger Coastal and Mello Act Compliance Requirements
By William W. Abbott Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC v. City of Los Angeles (November 29, 2012, S187243) ___Cal.4th ___. In a 6 to 1 decision, the California Supreme…
Land Use Law Blog
Appellate Court Applies Permit Streamlining Act to Affirm Effect of City Acknowledging Completeness of Application; Restricts Consideration of Tenant Survey in Mobilehome Park Conversion Application
By William W. Abbott Within the Subdivision Map Act (Map Act), the processing of a mobilehome park conversion (from rental to individual ownership) invokes some of the more complex procedures,…
Land Use Law Blog
Sacramento County Bar Association Real Property Law Section
William W. Abbott, partner at Abbott & Kindermann, LLP will be speaking on the following topic: Subdivision Map Act – Road Hazards for Real Estate Practitioners Date and Time: …
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Sequential Lot Line Adjustments Get The Green Light.
By Matt Gray
Lot line adjustments offer a streamlined alternative to the complex process of subdividing land. However, lot line adjustments have historically been limited to four or fewer adjoining parcels. In a…
Government and Public Policy
Court Defers to Local Agency Characterization of Lot Line Adjustments as Ministerial Actions Not Subject to CEQA
In Sierra Club v. Napa County Board of Supervisors (2012) 2012 Cal.App. LEXIS 454, the Sierra Club challenged a lot line adjustment ordinance adopted by Napa County, which allowed lot…
Land Use Law Blog
Court Upholds Processing of Sequential Boundary Line Adjustments
Appellate court upholds the processing of sequential boundary line adjustments, affirms ministerial character of approvals.
CEQA Developments
First District Holds CEQA Does Not Apply To Napa County Ordinance Clarifying Its Ministerial Lot Line Adjustment Practice, And That Sequential Lot Line Adjustments Do Not Violate Subdivision Map Act Exclusion’s “Four or Fewer” Limitation
In a case addressing important issues affecting local agencies and landowners (disclaimer: I represented the County of Napa in the trial court and on appeal), the First District (Division 4) Court…