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Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Area Variance Standard; Property Owners May Obtain an Area Variance When Special Circumstances Existed at Purchase

In Pawn 1st v. City of Phoenix, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a Court of Appeals rule that would have unduly restrained alienation of property in Arizona. The Court of Appeals found that the City ...
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The Intersection of New York's Public Utility Use Variance Standard and the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act

A look at the history of the Public Utility Variance Standard and look to how the courts may apply it now that the state has mandated an aggressive response to climate change through the Climate ...