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07/08/07
Property rights vs. public improvements
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 11:09 pm

A new state law billed as a property rights safeguard has dealt a blow to residents and city leaders who want to save old neighborhoods, create shopping districts or influence what is built in their communities. Little in Proposition 207 dealt with eminent domain: the power cities have to force property owners to sell. Arizonans are now finding out that the measure severely limits cities’ power to change land use, a crucial tool that helped create signature Valley neighborhoods such as Mill Avenue in Tempe, the Encanto historic district in downtown Phoenix and the Esplanade at 24th Street and Camelback RoadMore…

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