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i <br /> Zoning Bulletin November 25, 2016 1 Volume 10 1 Issue 22 <br /> court similarly concluded that the Mitigation Fee Act did not apply.That was <br /> because, noted the court, the Mitigation Fee Act only "applies when `a <br /> monetary exaction other than a tax or special assessment. .is charged by a <br /> local agency to the applicant in connection with approval of a development n <br /> project for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of public facili- <br /> ties related to the development project. . . <br /> See also: California Building Industry Assn. v. City of San Jose, 61 Cal.4th <br /> r <br /> 435, 189 Cal.Rptt:3d 475, 351 P.3d 974(2015). <br /> Case Note: <br /> u Croft had also challenged other fees charged to it, including parks and recreation and <br /> traffic mitigation fees. The court concluded that those fees were also proper. <br /> Zoning News from Around the <br /> Nation <br /> NATIONWIDE <br /> In a recently released "Housing Development Toolkit," the White House <br /> calls for cities to update their zoning rules to increase the development of af- <br /> fordable housing. Specifically, the Toolkit provides that: "[t]he accumulation <br /> of state and local barriers to housing development—including zoning, other <br /> land-use regulations, and unnecessarily lengthy development approval <br /> processes—has reduced the ability of many housing markets to respond to <br /> growing demand. . .The increasing severity of undersupplied housing <br /> markets is jeopardizing housing affordability'for working families,exacerbat- <br /> ing income inequality by reducing workers' access to higher-wage labor <br /> markets, and stifling GDP growth by driving labor migration away from the <br /> most productive regions."Among other things,the Toolkit"highlights 10 ac- <br /> tions taken by states and local jurisdictions to promote healthy,responsive, <br /> high-opportunity housing markets,"including: streamlining permit processes; <br /> employing inclusionary zoning requirements; and eliminating parking <br /> requirements. <br /> Source:Affordable Housing Finance;www housingfinance.coin <br /> Source: "Housing Development Toolkit"(September 2016)https•//www.wh <br /> itehouseov/sites/rvltiitehouse. ov/files/images/Housing Development Toolki <br /> t%20.2,Adl _ <br /> TENNESSEE <br /> Reportedly, "State Representative Micah Van Huss plans to propose a bill <br /> that would give counties across Tennessee more say in city zoning <br /> regulations."Under the proposed legislation, where city land is bordered by <br /> more than 50% county property, county commissioners would be allowed to <br /> vote on how the city property is zoned. Those opposed to the bill say that it <br /> oversteps the jurisdiction of cities. <br /> ©2016 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />