The Gray Zone in the Power of Local Municipalities: Where Zoning Authority Clashes with State Law
Journal of Business Entrepreneurship & Law, 5: 215-241, 2012
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Report a broken linkMarijuana-Related Uses
This article uses the example of local prohibitions on medical marijuana dispensaries in California to discuss the limits of local zoning authority. It cites a number of basic zoning case law precedents and argues for avoiding prohibitions of uses legal under state law, absent explicit authorization to prohibit those uses.