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April 25, 2012 I Volume 6 I No. 8 <br />Zoning Bulletin <br />where sewers are planned. The third tier would allow some development in rural <br />areas and the fourth tier would be mostly off-limits for building." Under a recent- <br />ly introduced amendment to the legislation, counties (and not the state as origi- <br />nally proposed) would have the final say as to how county land is categorized. <br />Source: The Baltimore Sun; httt://articles.baltimoresun.com <br />MASSACHUSETTS <br />A bill pending before the Joint Committee on Transportation "would man- <br />date that the MBTA receive local approval from cities and towns prior to placing <br />above ground advertisements in the communities [in which] the station is locat- <br />ed." The bill reportedly may conflict with a 2008 Massachusetts Supreme Judi- <br />cial Court decision that ruled that the MBTA's advertisements on MBTA prop- <br />erty were not subject to the communities' zoning regulations. <br />Source: www.boston.com <br />MISSOURI <br />The state House of Representatives have given first -round approval in a voice <br />vote to legislation that would declare that farmers have a "right to raise live- <br />stock." Under the legislation, livestock farmers "would not have to comply with <br />local, state or federal laws" (zoning, environmental, or other) enacted after the <br />farm goes into business or August 28, 2012, whichever is later. The bill must be <br />approved once more by the House before it goes to the Senate. <br />Source: Columbia Daily Tribune; httb://www.columbiatribune.com <br />NEW JERSEY <br />The New Jersey Appellate Division recently found that Governor Chris Christie <br />had acted illegally in abolishing the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing. <br />Source: Star -Ledger; htty://blor.ni.com <br />12 © 2012 Thomson Reuters <br />1 <br />