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Owners Have No Constitutional Right to Expand Nonconforming Uses

Can a municipality’s refusal to permit expansion of a pre-existing nonconforming use constitute a federal constitutional violation?

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Can a municipality’s refusal to permit expansion of a pre-existing nonconforming use constitute a federal constitutional violation? In Morris Motel v. DeChance, 2023 WL 26829378, the federal district court for the eastern district of New York faced that question and awarded summary judgment to the municipality, rejecting the landowner’s substantive due process and takings claims.

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