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· 3/15/1996

Chioffi v. City of Winooski

Citations

  • 676 A.2d 786
  • 165 Vt. 37
  • 1996 Vt. LEXIS 25

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that an inability to develop property for its most profitable beneficial use is not a taking
  • noting that an inability to develop property for its most profitable beneficial use is not a taking
  • stating that where a period to restore a nonconforming use had expired, a landowner that purchases the property has no right in restoring the nonconforming use
  • concluding, in rejecting claim, that temporary taking requires showing of total denial of all economically beneficial use; regulatory delay result ing from zoning board denial oí variance, granted ultimately through judicial intervention, did not constitute taking
  • describing the right to exclude as one of “the fundamental incidents of ownership”
  • where landowner purchased property after period to restore nonconforming use had expired, landowner had no investment-backed interest in restoring the use, and the use is no longer reasonable

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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