No taking to prevent construction on a floodplain
September 26th, 2009 by Joseph William SingerThe Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts held that it was not a taking to prevent an owner from building a house on a floodplain when construction would exacerbate flooding to neighboring property. Gove v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Chatham, 831 N.E.2d 865 (Mass. 2005).
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