Land Use & Zoning

In Georgia, any public entity - federal, state, county, city and quasi-governmental agencies like hospitals and power companies - can use eminent domain to seize land for public use projects. After a 2017 law, your land, or land near you, can be seized by the...

Property disputes in Georgia and elsewhere are nothing new, of course. They range over subject matter that can seem virtually limitless in its possibilities, and can either emerge in an instant or develop over decades. Either one of those cases can apply to so-called...

Entrepreneurs and established business owners are always on the lookout for attractive business opportunities across the Atlanta metro area. Understandably, they sometimes envision a property use in a given location that is not tightly aligned with the types of...

Building projects fall through. It happens when there is no interest, there are funding problems or for a number of other reasons. A certain plot of land in the Macon area has sat empty for roughly a decade due to subdivision settlements falling through because of the...

When going into business for oneself, home seems like a great place to start it. Having a home-based business can be a dream come true. It is impossible to beat the commute. Unfortunately, some budding entrepreneurs in Georgia may not realize that zoning laws do need...

Every plot of land in the state of Georgia has to be zoned for a specific use. If one is interested in a piece of property that is not zoned for what he or she wants to do with it, it does not mean one's plan is dead in the water. When zoning does not work in one's...

You found the perfect property for your commercial needs. Unfortunately, zoning of the property does not support your vision for it. What can you do? In Georgia, you have three options for dealing with your zoning problem. An experienced attorney can help you with any...

Real estate developers and brokers in Georgia and elsewhere see land for all of its possibilities. The problem facing individuals in these positions is zoning. Getting a plot of land rezoned for a specific use is not necessarily easy. There is a whole process to it,...

Cities in Georgia, both big and small, are all laid out in certain ways. It is this way to keep certain properties in certain places. This can be for safety reasons, but it is also often to give the town a specific flow. Zoning laws are in place to keep things in...

There is a lot of land open and ready for development in Georgia. This does not mean that just anyone can buy the property and use it as they see fit. Building impacts the environment. As such, land use may be restricted in some areas, unless developers can prove that...