Turner v. County of Del Norte

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• noting that owners “may use their lands in a number of ways which may be of economic benefit to them”
• noting that owners “may use their lands in a number of ways which may be of economic benefit to them”
• noting evidence “of a frequency of flooding which would almost certainly eventually destroy any permanent residences built on this land,” thus establishing that the zoning ordinance at issue imposed “no restrictions more stringent than the existing danger demands”
• noting evidence “of a frequency of flooding which would almost certainly eventually destroy any permanent residences built on this land,” thus establishing that the zoning ordinance at issue imposed “no restrictions more stringent than the existing danger demands”
• a person who purchases land with knowledge of zoning restrictions is not usually qualified to receive an area variance which relieves him of such restrictions
• upheld limit on use under flood plain ordinance to recreation and agriculture

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).