Experienced Guidance For Land Use And Zoning Issues
GJB’s land use attorneys have extensive experience in all aspects of local, state and federal land use, permitting, complex regulatory zoning, environmental compliance, and governmental issues. We represent landowners, developers, investors, and other entities at local, state and federal government levels as well as before boards and commissions. Our land use and zoning attorneys also represent municipalities and other regulatory agencies and authorities, giving us a balanced perspective on these matters.
At a project’s inception, our attorneys advise developers, businesses, lenders, and governmental entities on how to avoid challenges, while navigating complex regulatory permitting and enforcement issues that arise in the course of any development project. Our land use attorneys regularly provide services in the following areas:
- Coastal water development
- Comprehensive planning
- Concurrency requirements
- Covenants and deed restrictions
- Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs)
- Environmental permitting and compliance at a local, state and federal level
- Environmental issues involving assessments and remediation of environmentally contaminated lands, marine life, mitigation, and wetlands
- Governmental and regulatory takings
- Historic preservation
- Land use litigation
- Opportunity Zone issues
- Rezoning and master plans
- Tax and other governmental development incentive programs
- Vested rights issues
- Water and sewer issues
- Zoning and permitting issues
Guiding Developers And Municipalities
Our land use attorneys frequently team with other GJB attorneys in complementary practice areas, such as business, environmental, governmental, litigation and real estate, to provide fully integrated services to our clients.
If you would like to speak with a member of our land use and zoning practice to discuss legal representation, or have any other question, please contact us at our Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Tampa office. We will respond promptly and arrange for you to speak with a member of the firm with the appropriate experience.
Land Use And Zoning Representations
- Handled rezoning and master planning of a 300-acre parcel from a golf course to high density residential area.
- Represented major developers in Major Use Special Permit (MUSP) applications in the City of Miami approving more than 2,000 residential units and substantial commercial space.
- Represented a major university in approval of a change to the Miami-Dade County Comprehensive Development Master Plan to permit future approval of a Traditional Neighborhood Development.
- Represented a major developer in the approval of a change to the Miami-Dade County Master Plan, together with approval of a zone change to permit a 15-acre commercial/residential development near Miami-Dade College, South Campus.
- Represented a 75-acre elderly housing development in the approval of an amendment to the Comprehensive Development Master Plan of the Town of Cutler Bay, Florida, to permit a major redevelopment of its facilities.
- Represented a large private high school to obtain county approval for expansion of its facilities and student body.
- Represented a large private school in the approval of requests to expand its facilities in the Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida.
- Represented numerous major developers in land use, zoning and environmental due diligence evaluations of properties in Miami-Dade County.