Posts from April 14th, 2025

In my experience, the answer to the questions above are not black and white. Unfortunately, in practice, the answers depend upon location, property size, past activity, condition of the property, future use of the property, and sometimes it seems, the whims of the Federal or Local agencies that enforce the regulations.

I'm going to ramble a little here, and I am not an expert. Over the years, I have read numerous regulations, spoken to many city planning departments, corresponded with and represented multiple developers, and have worked with many professional consultants. The more I experience, the less I know. Actually, we do need to know enough about wetlands, beach mouse, and other environmental regulations to know that we need to recommend guidance from professionals that advise on these topics for a living. We should know enough to know t...

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