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(§15.37)• The unintended consequence of such
<br />regulations can be cars parked on lawns.
<br />SUMMING IT UP
<br />The last thing you want to do is enforce
<br />regulations to stop nuisance parties. It is a
<br />losing game of Whac-A-Mole. Instead, town
<br />and gown need to coordinate and cooperate,
<br />and the housing demand must be met, pref-
<br />erably in optimal locations. There are better
<br />ways to protect family values than the Belle
<br />Terre definition of family, but it takes work.
<br />Some towns are winning the battle and win-
<br />ning the war. It can be done. Overarching the
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<br />efforts to get the right use in the right place
<br />is the need to protect those households that
<br />federal and state laws require be afforded
<br />equal housing opportunity. Social equity
<br />demands the same for many other types of
<br />households. Zoning and other regulations
<br />can do this.
<br />Remember what the U. S. Supreme
<br />Court said in the first zoning case, Village of
<br />Euclid v. Ambler Realty (1926): "A nuisance
<br />maybe merely a right thing in the wrong
<br />place -like a pig in the parlor instead of the
<br />barnyard." We respect our college students
<br />and their need or desire to live off campus.
<br />We just need to get them in the right place.
<br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR
<br />Dwight Merriam, FAICP, founded Robinson
<br />& Cole's Land Use Group in 1978, where
<br />he represents land owners, developers,
<br />governments, and individuals in land -use
<br />matters. He is past president of the American
<br />Institute of Certified Planners and received his
<br />masters of Regional Planning from the University
<br />of North Carolina and his )uris Doctor from Yale.
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