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		<title>Bill Amending MLUL To Allow &#8220;Renewable Energy Facilities&#8221; as Permitted Use In Industrial Zones Advances Through Legislature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Both houses of the Legislature quietly passed an amendment to the Municipal Land Use Law which provides that &#8220;renewable energy facilities&#8221; which are sited upon tracts zoned for industrial use which are 20 acres in size or greater and owned by a single individual or entity, shall be considered &#8220;permitted uses&#8221; under the MLUL. [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/156</link>
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		<title>Deal Struck On Affordable Housing In Highlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The Star Ledger is reporting that the Highlands Council has endorsed an agreement with the Department of Community Affairs that allows municipalities which adopt stringent restrictions on development in their communities to obtain reductions to their affordable housing obligations.
According to the Ledger:
Under the agreement, strict environmental constraints like water availability, steep slopes and the [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/154</link>
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		<title>Green Zoning: &#8220;No&#8221; To Wind Turbines In My Backyard, &#8220;Yes&#8221; To Solar Power, Transit-Friendly Communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  In putting together your &#8220;keeping on top of the latests land use trends&#8221; reading list, include the following two articles written by Andrea Alexander of The Record. Both address some of the challenges and opportunities facing communities as a result of the &#8220;green&#8221; movement.
In an article from  September, Ms. Alexander highlights a recently [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/152</link>
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		<title>Briefing Schedule Set By Court in COAH Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The New Jersey State League of Municipalities, in a bulletin to all New Jersey mayors dated today, has laid out the briefing schedule for the current challenges to the Council on Affordable Housing&#8217;s &#8220;third round&#8221; regulations.  The initial brief of the League will be due on January 4, 2009.  The State&#8217;s brief [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/149</link>
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		<title>Appellate Court Denies League Motion To Stay Affordable Housing Plan Deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  On Tuesday, a state appeals court denied a motion filed by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (&#8221;League&#8221;) to stay (or delay) the requirement under the latest round of regulations from the Council on Affordable Housing (&#8221;COAH&#8221;) that municipalities must submit a detailed plan to provide affordable housing by December 31, 2008.
According to [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/148</link>
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		<title>The Road to [the Highlands] Is Paved With Good Intentions [and Foreclosures]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Paul Mulshine, a columnist with the Star Ledger, wrote a particularly distressing piece in Tuesday&#8217;s paper regarding the plight of one homeowner and her losing battle with the state over burdensome environmental regulatory requirements as a result of enactment of the Highlands Act in 2004.  
While it is important to focus on the [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/147</link>
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		<title>Environmental Groups, Legislature &#8212; Tilting At Windmills?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  An article from this weekend&#8217;s Courier Post highlights the fact that alternative energy sources, such as wind power, are not exactly receiving wide-spread acceptance under local zoning codes in New Jersey.  According to the article, environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club are supporting legislation which would make substantial changes to state law [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/146</link>
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		<title>Highlands Case Argued Before State Supreme Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The New Jersey Supreme Court heard oral argument this week to decide whether the Highlands Act unjustly barred development of a 93-acre lot retroactively without providing out just and proper compensation.
According to the Asbury Park Press:
Landowners OFC, LLC received approval from Washington Township to subdivide the lot to build 26 homes in 1999 — [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/145</link>
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		<title>Appellate Division Rejects Request (Again) for COAH Special Master . . . But Could Still Appoint One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  On Friday, the Appellate Division rejected a request pending since last year from the Fair Share Housing Center to appoint a special master to to facilitate the drafting and implementation of regulations to guide the state&#8217;s affordable housing policy.  The New Jersey State League of Municipalities had opposed the request for a special [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/144</link>
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		<title>COAH &#8220;Town Hall&#8221; Compliance Seminar Scheduled for October 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Phil Morin, Special Counsel in Saul Ewing&#8217;s Real Estate Department, will participate in a &#8220;town hall&#8221; meeting in Summit, New Jersey, beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 16 entitled: &#8220;Mount Laurel 2008: What the overhaul of the state’s affordable housing law means to your municipality.&#8221;
The meeting is being hosted by the members of [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://njzoning.saulnews.com/archives/143</link>
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