Sentence examples for land charge from inspiring English sources

Once installed, he laments, officials can grab land, charge fines, and demand bribes under threat of closing down a business.

"It costs a lot to maintain this type of property, which is why so many owners rent out parts of the villas or the land, charge admission or do whatever they can to make ends meet," said Andrea Somigli, whose company, Precious Villas Exclusive Italian Real Estate, has been marketing Vistarenni for the past 16 months.

In an alleged scheme to sell off intentionally undervalued government land, charges were dropped.

It resists the redevelopment of individual industrial units, though it has started allowing the conversion of industrial buildings into residential property as long as there is a single developer who can make up the differential in the land charges.

Consolidated Edison, which had an electrical substation underneath 7 World Trade Center, and its insurance companies have filed a $314 million lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the land, charging it with improper use and maintenance of the diesel fuel tanks and citing their role in the fire.

'Land charges' are common in German banking practice and 'mortgages' are only rarely used.

At a hearing before the European Court of Justice last month, lawyers from the European Union and environmental groups said inclusion was legal, comparing the emissions fees to a landing charge or to a prohibition on overly noisy aircraft.

According to the judgment, Ryanair's controversial benefits from Charleroi included €1.92m in subsidies to launch new routes, €768,000 for pilot training, €250,000 towards hotel costs and a landing charge of only €1 per passenger, compared to the standard rate of €8 to €13.

But he says he will do so only if he is allowed to increase landing charges.

He added that Gatwick had pledged to cap landing charges, meaning fares would stay lower.

Landing charges are one-third lower than at New York's JFK and Newark airports, but BAA cannot raise its landing charges without regulatory approval from the Civil Aviation authority (CAA).