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for "Green, Philip P., Jr"
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17662
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The 1953 North Carolina General Assembly added a number of new legal weapons to the armory available for use by local governmental officials in planning and development of their cities and counties.
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18363
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Long recognized as a pioneer in the field of building regulations, North Carolina is now coming to have the most comprehensive program in the country. Its many innovations encompass its building codes, its machinery for enforcement, and its qualification programs for enforcement officials.
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17505
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This article presents a history of legislative efforts to control stream pollution in North Carolina and current issues for its control and prevention.
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17955
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A decision of major importance to fast-growing North Carolina cities was handed down by the North Carolina Supreme Court, when it upheld Raleigh's extra-territorial zoning ordinance, which allows cities to extend their ordinances to population growth on their fringes. This decision holds that cities may also validly exclude trailer camps from residence districts in their zoning ordinances.
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28713
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The United States Supreme Court case of First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, California involved a flood-plain regulation that prevented rebuilding on a tract where a major flood had washed away buildings on the plaintiff’s campground. When a local government adopts an unconstitutional taking, it must pay the property owner compensation.
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17654
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Newspaper accounts in recent months have heralded the establishment of a new feature on the North Carolina municipal scene: the capital expenditures budget. Because this represents a significant step in the movement toward more business like procedures in municipal government, Green examines how the cities and towns use this budge to efficiently prepare and schedule for improvements and developments.
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17650
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A section of the North Carolina General Assembly provides that every city and town in the state is authorized to create a Planning Board whose duty it is to study the resources, needs, conditions, and possibilities of municipality development.
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17680
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The south is in the midst of its greatest industrial boom in history. Given competition for new industries and intensity of development across North Carolina, Green discusses the role of local governments in governing such activities.
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17458
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A spotlight was placed on what firemen consider the most pressing problem in North Carolina's fire protection of today: how to provide adequate protection for the rural areas of the state.
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17669
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One of the central problems facing a growing North Carolina is what to do with the urban fringe. Green summarizes the most effective methods for dealing with development on the city limits.
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20524
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In a two month period the North Carolina Supreme Court make two of its most important zoning decisions. This bulletin discusses those decisions.
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28718
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The North Carolina Supreme Court made two important zoning decisions in Chrismon v. Guilford County and Hall v. City of Durham. The case rulings now allow special use district zoning techniques, and extensively clarified the spot zoning and contract zoning doctrines.
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17797
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The United States Supreme Court holds that urban redevelopment is constitutional in that it does not interfere with Fifth Amendment provisions. This is excellent news for states like North Carolina who are rapidly developing.
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17449
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The 17th decennial census beginning in April 1950 will be the biggest counting operation in United States history. It is particular importance to North Carolina as it has been predicted that the state ill lose one of its twelve representatives, and thus one of its votes in the Electoral College.
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18403
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Spot zoning is zoning that does not accord with a comprehensive plan or is sharply different from the zoning of surrounding or nearby properties, or appears to favor or punish a particular property owner. The concept is rooted in the North Carolina constitutional provisions that prohibit the grant of exclusive privileges.
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