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Recent Legal Library Articles
Hunt Valley Timonium Plan Includes Rezoning
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:22-05:00Friday, April 10th, 1998|Categories: Land Use Law|
The Hunt Valley/Timonium (HV/T) area has long been one of the key employment and commercial corridors in the Baltimore region. The 4,000 acre area, as designated by the Baltimore County Office of Planning in the proposed HV/T Master Plan, contains some of the most valuable ...
A Checklist For Telecommunication Site Leases
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:48-05:00Friday, April 10th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Wireless telecommunication towers and antennas are proliferating, raising unique lease issues that will have implications lasting longer than the average wireless telephone. Local governments desire to promote the placement of antennas on existing towers and buildings, and to encourage the shared location of antennas further ...
A Primer On UPREITS As A Vehicle To Defer Taxes
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:46-05:00Tuesday, March 10th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
An umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT) gives real estate owners access to public capital markets, while permitting them to defer taxes, which would be recognized if they directly sold their properties. An UPREIT is a form of real estate investment trust (REIT) that ...
Overturning Wetlands Conviction Makes Clear Corps Went Too Far
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:34-05:00Tuesday, January 27th, 1998|Categories: Environmental Law|
Finding that the Army Corps of Engineers exceeded its authorization under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a developer found guilty of filling wetlands in Southern Maryland. In United States of America v. James ...
More Real Dirt On Brownfields
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:33-05:00Tuesday, January 20th, 1998|Categories: Environmental Law|
A new era in environmental law and urban revitalization is upon us – the movement to redevelop Brownfields, the name for abandoned or under used commercial and industrial sites where redevelopment is hampered by contamination, real or perceived. A series of recent efforts have greatly ...
The Real Dirt On Brownfields
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:32-05:00Saturday, January 10th, 1998|Categories: Environmental Law|
A new era in both environmental regulation and urban revitalization came upon us in early 1997. That new era is the movement to redevelop Maryland’s Brownfields, the name for abandoned or under used commercial and industrial sites where redevelopment is hampered by contamination, whether real ...
All Baltimore County Businesses Affected By New Sign Regulations
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:15-05:00Wednesday, December 10th, 1997|Categories: Land Use Law|
The Baltimore County Council has enacted the first comprehensive overhaul of the signage regulations since their original adoption in 1955. Bill 89-97 repeated the existing regulations and adopted a new section 450 of the Baltimore County Zoning Regulations. Central to the new enactment is a ...
Baltimore City’s Cap On Lease Damages Repealed
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:58-05:00Monday, October 27th, 1997|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Effective October 1, 1997 the existing cap on damages, in Baltimore City, equal to a maximum of two months’ rent for a residential tenant’s failure to take possession or for termination of a lease, is repealed. Specifically, House Bill 1144 repealed Section 8-212 of the ...




