Pressed for an explanation, Mr. Trump called Westchester County "the toughest place to build on the planet," citing zoning restrictions and local resistance to development.
A town in central Pennsylvania that tried to shut down a church-run homeless shelter citing zoning code violations has agreed to pay the church and its lawyers $100,000 to settle a civil suit.
The state's attorney general, Bill Schuette, on Monday announced he has joined the lawsuit in the Macomb County Circuit Court, citing zoning standards as a key reason for his intervention.
Developers cite restrictive zoning, the lack of available land, hilly terrain and the riddle that residents present by demanding a spacious, modern, supermarket convenient to them while shunning any proposed development close to home.
In the Westchester case, the zoning board cited neighborhood concerns about traffic and the impact on a quiet neighborhood.
Berenson v. New Castle, which is considered a watershed decision and has been cited as precedent in zoning battles since 1977, is poised to come full circle back to its birthplace — a community that, despite its loss in that 30-year-old case, remains almost devoid of multifamily housing.
A new landlord had bought the building and, citing non-compliance with zoning laws, kicked them out.
With these issues in mind, the land-use committee of Community Board 8 voted overwhelmingly two weeks ago not to support the project, citing increased traffic and zoning restrictions.
After giving preliminary approval of the plan last year, the Department of Buildings reversed itself and issued a stop-work order in April, citing building code and zoning issues.
The problem is finding a suburb that will let her in.Since Ms Copeland (once dubbed "the Mother Theresa of Minnesota" at a national prayer breakfast) announced her plan in December 2000, the proposed Gift of Mary Children's Home has been rejected by three suburban city councils, all citing local ordinances and zoning laws.
