NH Supreme Court Finds Zoning Ordinance Imposing Restrictions on Private Dock...
In 1991, the Town of New London enacted a zoning ordinance that designated the property owner’s (Lakeside) lot within a “shore land overlay district” and prohibited the use of waterfront common areas...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Supreme Court Allows Dock But Notes that Local Governments Do...
Appellant’s property abuts a marsh. The Office of Coastal Resource Management (hereinafter “OCRM”) issued a permit to appellant to construct a dock and walkway on his property. However, pursuant to a...
View ArticleCT Supreme Court Holds Neighborhood Dock Not Subject to City’s Zoning...
The property in question was located in a residential zone known as Southfield Point which is shown as having several private roads recorded in the subdivision map. One of the roads, Cook Road extends...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Finds Town Has No Authority to Regulate Docks
Defendants, Charles and Lillian Melchner, owned Mahopac Marina (“Marina”) on Lake Mahopac (“Lake”) in the Town of Carmel, New York (“Town”). Defendants and the Town have been involved in a long...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Holds Planning Board Lacked Jurisdiction over Site Plan to...
Hart Family, LLC (“Petitioner”), the owner of lakefront property in the Town of Lake George, New York (“Town”), applied for site plan approval from the Lake George Town Planning Board (“Board”) to...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Takings Case on Subdivision Dock...
This case was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. The Second Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of a takings case in a decision issued in 2023, Kleinknecht v. Ritter. The Kleinknechts owned...
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