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October 25, 2015 I Volume 9 I Issue 20 Zoning Bulletin <br />Zoning News from Around the <br />Nation <br />CALIFORNIA <br />"Developers in California are taking their fight against the state's <br />inclusionary zoning laws to the U.S. Supreme Court." The California Build- <br />ing Association opposes the inclusionary zoning law which is soon to <br />become effective. The law mandates that developers discount a percentage <br />of units in new housing projects for low-income families. Opponents claim <br />the law constitutes an illegal "taking" of private property by the government. <br />California's Supreme Court rejected that argument in June. The California <br />Building Association is appealing that ruling to the United States Supreme <br />Court. <br />Source: The Atlantic; www.citylab.com <br />MASSACHUSETTS <br />The state Senate is considering proposed legislation that would require lo- <br />cal review of all state projects, with hearings before local zoning officials. <br />Currently, under a state Supreme Judicial Court ruling, local zoning rules do <br />not apply to state-owned property. <br />The proposed legislation reportedly would not give zoning boards a vote <br />on state projects, or affect projects already underway. It would require a pub- <br />lic vetting of projects and a written review by zoning officials of the size and <br />height of structures, required setbacks, open space, parking and other local <br />building requirements. <br />Source: Gloucester Times; www.gloucestertimes.com <br />Senate Bill 122, which seeks to "modernize the state's zoning, subdivi- <br />sion and planning laws," was recently "aired" at a legislative hearing <br />Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette; www.gazettenet.com <br />WISCONSIN <br />Senate Bill 104, which allows the Town of La Pointe on Madeline Island <br />to enact a shoreland zoning ordinance that is more restrictive than county <br />shoreland zoning, has passed the state Senate. "The need for this legislation <br />came about as a result of an appellate court ruling [that] . . . established that <br />a town has no standing to adopt a shoreland zoning ordinance if the county <br />adopted shoreland zoning prior to the town." <br />Source: Ashland Daily Press; http://www.apg-wi.com <br />12 © 2015 Thomson Reuters <br />