▪ Land Use Round-up

Interesting items of the week:

• The Maui News reports on the short-term rental issue: "Planning Official: Enforcement due to TVRs' increase"

• California court: Development must be consistent, not identical, with general plan as summarized by Law of the Land blog (decision reported here, California Land Use Law blog report and summary here)

• Seventh Circuit: RLUIPA does not stand in the way of condemnation of cemetery (St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of Chicago (Nos. 05-4418, 05-4450, 05-4451 (Sep. 13, 2007), because the exercise of eminent domain is not a "land use" regulation under the Act; opinion here; oral argument mp3 here) -- for the Hawaii Supreme Court's treatment of the same issue, see Sherman v. City & County of Honolulu, 110 Haw. 39, 129 P.3d 542 (Feb. 28, 2006) (cited by St. John's at page 45 of the slip opinion)

• Professor Gideon Kanner comments on a $12 million Connecticut just compensation verdict which includes compensation for lost profits and business losses

• Blue Hawaii: the Honolulu Advertiser reports "Developer abandons plans to rebuild Kauai's Coco Palms"