Private property — rezoning bill takes lopsided loss in the House

Would have changed requirements for protesting zone change RLGR Staff A House bill purported to protect private property owners from zoning changes that could affect the value of their property has been defeated 41-18. The measure sought to change current law that defines how a legal protest brought by neighboring property owners is defined. The proposed change would have made …

When Rose Law Group became its own zoning attorney

When we became our own zoning attorney.  Rose Law Group Reporter 1.  Yesterday at about 5 pm we noticed a giant pole being erected right outside our office window. More specifically right outside Jordan’s balcony.  No notice. No idea what was happening or why. 2.  Turns out it was a 20-foot pole with a 12-inch width, a part of a …

Rose Law Group Litigator, Sam Doncaster dissects the recent State Court of Appeals case restricting zoning variances

By Samuel Doncaster | Rose Law Group pc At a competitor’s request, the Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a Board of Adjustment decision permitting an owner to close a strip club and replace it with a retail business. The court did this based on a self-inflicted wound theory. It faulted a property owner for selecting the property for use as …