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Town?s Zoning Law May Regulate Indirectly or Incidentally Interior Areas of Single Family Homes through Bulk Regulation of Maximum Floor-to-Area Ratios

By Patty Salkin

A developer challenged the Town?s zoning bylaws that provide for a maximum floor-to-area ratio (the numerator is the gross floor area of a building and the denominator is the area of the lot on which it sits) to regulate land use in different zones, alleging it violates State statute which provides, in part, ?No zoning [...]

Full post as published by Law of the Land on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).