Minnesota Automatic-Approval Rule Secures CUP and Saves Solar Project

Monica Wilson Dozier, Christopher A. Bowles and Amandeep S. Kahlon | Buildsmart One of the challenges of renewable energy development is managing the permitting process. Understanding how to navigate state and local laws can be integral to a developer’s permitting success, especially where a community may be hostile to the prospective power project. The Court… Continue reading Minnesota Automatic-Approval Rule Secures CUP and Saves Solar Project

Court Finds That Limitation on Conditional Use Permit Results in Covered Property Damage Due to Loss of Use

Christopher Kendrick and Valerie A. Moore | Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP | October 30, 2018 In Thee Sombrero, Inc. v. Scottsdale Ins. Co. (No. E067505, filed 10/25/18), a California appeals court held that a property owner’s loss of the ability to use his property as a nightclub, based on revocation of a city’s conditional use permit… Continue reading Court Finds That Limitation on Conditional Use Permit Results in Covered Property Damage Due to Loss of Use

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