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Welcome to the Snell & Wilmer real estate litigation blog. Check back here often for useful news and information about current topics involving real estate litigation. We hope that you will find the blog both timely and helpful, and we invite you to join the discussion by posting comments about the articles and contacting the authors with your thoughts about the posts.
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Property Owner Entitled to Rely on Zoning Administrator Advice
By: Kevin J. Parker In the recent case of In Re Langlois/Novicki Variance Denial, 175 A.3d 1222, 2017 VT 76 (2017), the Vermont court addressed the question of whether a property owner could enforce – by equitable estoppel principles – … Continue reading
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Kevin Parker
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Tagged estoppel, Real eestate litigation, zoning
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Is the Issuance of a City Use Permit Referable? Not When It Is an Administrative Act
By: Adam E. Lang Arizona’s Constitution gives electors in cities, towns, and counties the ability to refer legislation that was enacted by their local elected officials to the ballot for popular vote. Ariz. Const. art. IV, Pt. 1 § 1(8). … Continue reading
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Adam Lang
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Tagged administrative act, electors, initiative, legislative act, petition, referable, referendum, rezoning, use permit, zoning
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Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Area Variance Standard; Property Owners May Obtain an Area Variance When Special Circumstances Existed at Purchase
By: Nick Wood, Adam Lang, Noel Griemsmann, and Brianna Long 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 … Continue reading
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Ben Reeves
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Tagged LLC v. Phoenix, Pawn 1st, real estate litigation, variance, zoning
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Property Taxes: A Shopping Center May Not Always be a Shopping Center
By: Rick Herold, Craig McPike & Ben Reeves In the world of real property taxes, Valuation + Classification = Assessed Valuation. Sounds simple, right? The County Assessor determines the first factor, valuation (subject to certain guidelines under applicable Arizona law). … Continue reading
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Richard Herold
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Tagged movie theater, real estate, shopping center, tax appeal, valuation, zoning
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Are Short-Term Vacation Rentals Legal?
By: Ben Reeves The recent explosion in popularity of short-term vacation rentals through services such as Airbnb.com and VRBO.com not only provides terrifying horror stories about problem renters (google it if you’re interested), but also raises serious questions about the … Continue reading
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Ben Reeves
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Tagged real estate litigation, short-term rentals, zoning
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Understanding zoning nonconforming uses is no walk in the park, but a mobile-home park may be treated as a unified use.
By: Erica Stutman When Arizona municipalities adopt new zoning ordinances and regulations, existing property owners have the right to continue using their property for the use in place when the new ordinance or regulation becomes effective, including the right to … Continue reading
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Erica Stutman
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Tagged 9-462.02, mobile home, nonconforming, real estate litigation, Stagecoach, zoning
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