Topic
Development Agreements
41 published works
Municipal Minute
In the Zone: Appellate Court Decides Damages Claims in Development Agreement Dispute
A developer entered into a 2012 development agreement with a Village to, among other things, purchase property and grade it for the Village’s later use. The agreement required the developer…
Land Use Law Blog
First District Holds Development Agreement For Affordable Housing Project Subject to Referendum Power
By William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann
In Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore (2024) 100 Cal.App.5th 263, the First District Court of Appeal held the Livermore City Council’s adoption of a resolution approving a development…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Council Resolution Approving an Amendment to a Disposition and Development Agreement Was Subject to Referendum
By Matt Gray
The court of appeal held that a City Council resolution approving a development agreement that included policy decisions regarding development of a public park was a legislative act subject to…
Municipal Minute
In the Zone: New Development and Annexation Agreement Book
The American Bar Association has published a new book on development and annexation agreements that may be of interest to land use and planning professionals. The book is called Development…
Municipal Minute
Illinois Supreme Court Analyzes Breach of Contract Claims in Development Agreement Case
We previously reported on an Appellate Court decision in a case involving claims of breach of contract relating to the development of a 62 acre parcel of land. The developer had…
Municipal Minute
Seventh Circuit Rejects Developer’s Claims Against City Manager
In 2018, the City of DeKalb approved a Preliminary Development Incentive Agreement (PDA) with a developer regarding potential financing for the redevelopment of property in the City. The PDA provided…
CHW California Public Law Report
Developers bound by their word: development agreement ruled valid path for city to impose additional impact fees
By Matthew T. Summers, Lance Shoemaker
The Court of Appeal recently affirmed, in North Murrieta Community, LLC v. City of Murrieta, that developers can be held to pay additional impact fees, despite holding a vesting tentative…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Development Agreement, Not Vesting Tentative Map, Governed Whether New Fees Applied to Project
By Taylor Jones
When a tract of land is governed by both a vesting tentative map and a subsequent development agreement and the terms of the two documents conflict, the development agreement controls.…
Land Use Law Blog
Development Agreements vs. Vesting Tentative Maps. Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!
By Abbott & Kindermann, Inc., William W. Abbott
By William Abbott and Jessica Melms North Murrieta Community LLC v. City of Murrieta, 2020 Cal.App.LEXIS 496 (Cal.App.4th Dist. June 8, 2020). Developers acquire protection from changing land use laws…
Land Use Law Blog
Join William Abbott And Harriet Steiner On June 26, 2020 For A Virtual Course On Vested Rights, Vesting Maps And Development Agreements Through UC Davis Extension
Spaces are still available! William Abbott and Harriet Steiner will teach a joint virtual course on June 26, 2020 titled, “Vested Rights, Vesting Maps and Development Agreements.” The seminar is…