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Applicant for proposed shooting range asks council to remove 40-foot land-dedication condition
Summary
Joe Raffles, the applicant seeking a conditional use permit for a proposed community-oriented shooting range, urged the Poquoson City Council to remove or revise a planning commission condition that would require him to convey a 40-foot strip of private property along his lot’s northern edge to the city without compensation.
Joe Raffles, the applicant seeking a conditional use permit for a proposed community-oriented shooting range, urged the Poquoson City Council to remove or revise a planning commission condition that would require him to convey a 40-foot strip of private property along his lot’s northern edge to the city without compensation.
Raffles told the council that the condition, which the planning commission recommended, would impose an uncompensated land dedication he said raised U.S. constitutional takings concerns. “Local governments may not impose conditions on land…
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