The Virginian Pilot, December 20th, 2005
Illegal compensation As a taxpayer and retired attorney, I am disturbed that the Virginia Beach City Council is considering compensating some property owners who may not be permitted to develop their properties as currently zoned. Despite the council's earlier public posture that it had no right to stop such development, more recently the city's attorneys are stating the law correctly: that as long as the city zones in accordance with a comprehensive plan, and affected property owners can make some reasonable use of their lands, there is no obligation to compensate them because their propert...
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