It is about a three-hour drive south from Brevard County to Miami Shores, Florida. The village is known as a combination bedroom community and destination for retired folks. It has also become known as the place that doesn't allow residents to grow vegetable...
It is a more than 300 miles from Brevard County to Tallahassee. If some Florida lawmakers get their way, residents of Brevard's 16 communities would have to make that 5-plus hour drive each time they wanted to address local issues involving ordinances, regulations and...
I recently came across the case of FREMONT REORGANIZING CORPORATION F/K/A FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN D/B/A FREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN v. THE GRAND CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., which highlights the importance of proper service of process. Specifically, the...
As a homeowner, you have a great deal of leeway in the way you use your property. However, some limitations will apply to homeowners depending where they live and what legal covenants potentially apply to their property.Just because limitations apply to your property,...
Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore and Birmingham. Chicago, Charlotte and Cleveland. Las Vegas, Long Island and Louisville, too. All have submitted bids to Amazon for the online retail giant's new headquarters that will come with 50,000 high-paying tech jobs and $5 billion in...
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have linked Florida communities to flood-ravaged Houston and other Texas towns and cities. The historic storms struck within days of each other, wreaking havoc, taking lives and causing billions of dollars in property damage.An unexpected...
Real estate investors frequently purchase properties that they want to use for specific purposes. If the property, however, has a zone that does not allow for the intended purpose, the owners will need to apply to rezone the property.In some cases, property owners...
Think of the changes in society, technology, arts and law that have taken place over the past 50 years. It is possible that the advances and evolutions to come in the next five decades will dwarf those that have taken place since 1967.While no one can know for certain...
Pedestrians and bicyclists are often left in the dust when it comes to zoning rules and regulations. According to certain urban planning experts, the state of Florida is -- in some ways -- worse than other states in this regard.However, this could change as the...
If you drive south from Cocoa along the Florida coast for a couple of hours, you come to Jupiter. The city is home to former congressman Patrick Murphy, who recently penned an op-ed extolling our state's resilience in the face of Hurricane Irma.Murphy wrote that...