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<br />(~\ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Zoning Bulletin TM <br /> <br />VOLUME 45, NUMBER 10 · OCTOBER 10, 1997 <br /> <br />in this issue: <br />Adult Entertainment - City denies permit to adult bookstore seeking <br />to install video booths .............................................................. page 2 <br />Nonconforming Use - City sues tavern owner for expanding adult <br /> <br />business . ........ ............. ...... .... ......... .... ............... ........................ page 3 <br /> <br />Inverse Condemnation - Owner says road closing is a <br /> <br />taking ... ....... ................. ....... ................. ......... ....... ..... ........... ..... page 4 <br /> <br />Taking - Company says ordinance which prevents mining is a <br /> <br />taking.... ......... .......... ..... .................. ......... ..... .............. ........ ...... page 5 <br /> <br />Commercial Use - Township says proposed facility is trucking <br />terminal, not warehouse ........................................................... page 6 <br />Mobile Home - Developer wants to install mobile home park miles <br />from public utilities .................................................................. page 6 <br />Signs - City cites company for displaying noncommercial billboard <br />within view of highway............................................................ page 8 <br /> <br /> <br />"B ecause all zoning involves a 'taking' in the sense that landowners <br /> <br />are not completely free to use their property as they choose, such <br /> <br />a 'taking' does not entitle the landowners to relief unless the owners' <br /> <br />rights have been unreasonably restricted." - The court explaining why <br /> <br />zoning a mining company's property residential was not a taking. <br /> <br />Stabler Development Company v. Board of Supervisors of Lower <br /> <br />Mt. Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, see p. 5. <br /> <br />publisher: E. Michael Quinlan, Esq. Managing Editor: Stephanie Federico <br />Editor in Chief: Michael R. Jung, Esq. Legal Editors: Carol Johnson <br /> <br />Perkins, Esq., Joanne L. Belasco, Esq., Alfred Gordon, Esq. <br />Editor: Jennifer Kavanaugh Editorial Assistants: Ani! Adyanthaya, Esq., <br />L. Hunter Boyle, Cathleen M. Dwyer Contributor: Elin Dugan <br /> <br />The entire content of this newsletter is copyrighted by the publisher..and may not be copied without prior permission. <br />Contact Copyright Clearance Center (978) 750-8400 for lJermission to photocopy for internal use. Contact publisher <br />for other reprint requests. The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional advice and assumes <br />no responsibility for the statements and opinions of the writers or contributing editors. Case law and statutes change <br />without notice from time to time and are often specific to one jurisdiction only. The information herein is not intended <br />to be, nor should it be considered, a substitute for legal or professional advice rendered by a competent attorney or <br />other professional. If you have any questions about the application of issues raised herein to your particular situation, <br />seek the advice of a competent attorney or other professional. <br /> <br />This bulletin is available on microfilm from University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI <br /> <br />Published by Quinlan <br />:lIJ:I.I:1:II~IC'l...h',I:l.'~~... ZONING BULLETIN Copyright@1997 <br />ISSN 0514-7905 23 DrydockAve., Boston, MA0221 0-2387 <br />(617) 542-0048 fax (617) 345-9646 <br />e-mail: info@quinlan.com http://www.quinlan.com <br />