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March 25, 2010 ~ Volume 4 ~ No. 6 Zoning Bulletin <br />public five days notice before meeting to discuss taxing, zoning, trans- j / <br />portation development districts, capital improvement districts and emi- <br />nent domain issues to allow for public comment period." The bills axe <br />currently in the House General Laws Committee. <br />Source: Columbia Missourian; www.columbiamissourian.com <br />PENNSYLUANIt1 <br />State Senator Chuck Mcllhinney recently introduced legislation <br />~ that would reportedly "provide greater opportunities for farmers who <br />~ aze interested in building new structures on their land to improve op- <br />erations, marketing and agritainment activities." Senate Bill 1239, also <br />known as the Family Fazm Initiative and Enterprise Land Development <br />', Act (FIELD), "would create and establish the Fazm Enterprise Standards <br />Boazd to identify and develop uniform n>inimum land development and <br />construction standards for agricultural supporting. structures, and ag- <br />ricultural mazketing and agritourism enterprises." Essentially, the bill <br />would exclude from local ordinances imposing minimum zoning, land <br />development and construction standazds buildings that meet minimum <br />standards established by the Board. . <br />Source: phillyBurbs.com; www.phillyburbs.com <br />UTAH ~~~ <br />The Utah Supreme Court recently ruled that the City of Mapleton's <br />"decision to rezone Wendell Gibby's Maple Mountain tract from critical <br />environment to planned development was a legislative act subject to ref- <br />erendum." The City had~rezoned Gibby's land under an agreement with <br />- Gibby that gave the City access to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and had <br />Gibby agreeing to drop lawsuits against the City. The rezone allowed <br />Gibby to build 47 homes on 118 acres of mountain where development <br />I had previously been prohibited. Friends of Maple Mountain started a <br />referendum to overturn the zoning ordinance.. A judge "killed" the ref- <br />', erendum by ruling that the "zoning ordinances were administrative acts <br />rather than legislation, and thus could not be challenged at the ballot <br />box." The Utah Supreme Court disagreed, £mding that because the City <br />created a new zoning classification (rather than adjusting the existing <br />zone); its actions were legislative and subject to referendum. <br />Source: The Salt Lake Tribune; wwwsltrib.com <br />s~d~tonal Questions or Comments west;qumlan@thomsonreutersrco - <br />12 <br />© 2010 Thomson Reuters <br />50 <br />