Handbook of Massachusetts Land Use and Planning Law: Zoning, Subdivision Control, and Nonzoning Alternatives

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When you're dealing with any piece of real estate in Massachusetts, you need to understand the applicable land use regulations and cases. Bobrowski's HANDBOOK OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND USE AND PLANNING LAW provides all the insightful analysis and practical, expert advice you need, with detailed coverage of such important issues as:

Affordable housing

Special permit and variance decisions

Zoning in Boston

Nonconforming uses and structures

Administrative appeal procedures

Enforcement requests

Building permits

Vested rights

Agricultural use exemptions

The post—Barvenik doctrine of standing

Current tests for exactions

SLAPP suit procedures

Impact fees

Civil rights challenges.