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· 11/22/2016

Chelsea Marie Gilbert v. State

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “zoning regulates the use of land and not the particulars of developments and construction”
  • stating that approximately 75% of the land mass in the R-2 district is leased to oil and gas operators
  • holding a municipal trustee was under no obligation to undertake any “pre- enactment environmental, health, and safety” evaluation for Section 27 purposes
  • stating that “zoning regulates the use of land and not the particulars of developments and construction”
  • observing that “[a] municipality balances the interest of landowners in the use and enjoyment of their property with the public health, safety and welfare of the community when it enacts land use regulation . . .”
  • stating that the objectors’ “expressed concerns” consisted of no more than “speculation of possible harms[,]” which was “insufficient to show that the proposed natural gas well will be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the neighborhood”

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