From the Daily Advance

Pasquotank stops homebuilding on some farm lands

From the Asheville Citizen-Times

Property owners, environmentalists face off over proposed development limits

From the Winston-Salem Journal:

Roadblocked: Property owner tangles with DOT over use of land

From The News & Observer

RALEIGH - Pick any state other than North Carolina and you’ll find much greater protection of property rights. Yet when the state House recently attempted to address two major property rights issues — eminent domain and forced annexation — there was one huge obstacle in the way: the state Senate. more…

Abuse of eminent domain threatens us - by Sarah Overstreet

Anybody here who, when you were studying high school civics, thought the concept of eminent domain meant the government could take your private property — a house, a couple dogs and a goat or a profitable shopping center — to plop a mega-super-duper big-box store where you used to be?

This article outlines the efforts of some business owners in Wilmington, DE to fight the city’s plan to take their property using eminent domain laws.

According to this article, the City of Hays, Kansas is considering exercising eminent domain to condemn Jude’s Piano and Organ Co., 2200 Canterbury, to begin a $2.4 million project that will connect Canterbury to Commerce Parkway via 22nd Street.

From the article: “Property owner Judith “Jude” Scheck said the offer is not adequate. ‘The initial offer is still standing at $63 per foot,’ she said. ‘I cannot find a contractor that will build for $63 a foot.’ She said contractors have told her it costs $135 per foot to build residential buildings.”

Residents of the Shallotte Point community have been proactive in standing up for their private property rights.

From the Wilmington Star News: “About 400 residents in Shallotte Point signed a petition in May opposing legislation that would have allowed residents in the area and others near Shallotte to request annexation into the town without going through the required steps of getting approval from other nearby jurisdictions.”

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From the Wilmington Star-News:

Oak Island puts new beach clubs on hold