Dietz backs principle of ‘free use of property’
A court case involving a Clemmons zoning dispute reminds us about the importance of property rights.
The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower-court ruling blocking Wilmington from using a registration scheme to limit ownership of short-term rental properties. But the unanimous three-judge panel has restored part of the ordinance struck down in the original court order. Despite a mixed ruling for short-term rental property owners and the city, an...
Property owners in one of the few remaining rural areas of fast-growing Wake County are questioning plans to build a bypass for U.S. 401 that would dissect several long-time family farms. The plan — orchestrated by the N.C. Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization — could expand the corridor to 19 miles of highway from Banks...
When it comes to cancel culture and big tech, nothing is more high profile right now than medical doctors or other health professionals being de-platformed over dissenting views on COVID-19.
In the Western tradition, self-defense is fully understood as an inherent right that governments can’t rescind.
Jessica Thompson, attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses Ole Time Smokehouse’s lawsuit challenging Farmville Food truck rules. Learn more here: “Food truck owner files court challenge against Farmville regulations.” (Editor’s note: The new rules require a 100-foot buffer between the food truck and a brick-and-mortar restaurant’s property line.)
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals reminds local governments that their intrusions upon private property rights must serve a public purpose.
Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation senior fellow in legal studies, discusses the N.C. Court of Appeals’ ruling in Town of Apex v. Rubin, a case raising significant property-rights issues. Learn more here: “Unanimous Appeals Court gives property owner mixed news in fight with Apex.”
Erin Wilcox, attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses Zito v. North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission, a federal property-rights case from Nags Head. Learn more here: “North Carolina bureaucrats are about to learn a lesson in the importance of property rights.”
When is losing the entire value of your property due to government regulation, not an “undue hardship”? According to the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission, the answer is whenever your home is on the coast. In October 2016, Michael and Cathy Zito’s Nags Head beach house burned to the ground. Luckily no one was hurt, but the bureaucratic nightmare they faced as they attempted to rebuild was incredibly painful....
Drone technology may be new, but the principles at stake are as old as the nation itself.
Ray Nothstine, Carolina Journal opinion editor, explains why N.C. property owners need more protection against eminent domain abuse. Learn more here: “North Carolina must do more to protect property owners.”