Carrying out the city plan

The ownership of land by the municipality is essential to the execution of many parts of a city plan. Certain acts of private owners which have a tendency to prevent the realiza...

The great obstacle to the execution of any plan, whether for the orderly extension of a city or for the reconstruction of its older sections, is usually the expense of acquiring...

Cities may pay for improvements as they go along, appropriating the funds out of the general tax levy, or they may make special issues of bonds from time to time, and draw upon...

Excess condemnation, or the taking by a public agency under the power of eminent domain of more land and property than are needed for the actual construction of a contemplated p...

The control over city building by reason of land ownership is not peculiar to a governmental agency, nor does it depend on legislative authority. Possession of land is the only...

construction shall be erected nearer than 5 feet to adjoining lot line; but it may be constructed to the lot line if protected by a fire wall. A provision found in several codes...

city of Boston into districts of two classes in such manner that the parts of the city in which the greater part of the buildings were used for business or commercial purposes s...

We have thus far considered how the municipal authorities may execute a plan by enforcing those rights which the legislature has delegated to them as the representatives of the...

covenant in the deed if the statute gave the board authority to lay it out. It is contended that the statute is unconstitutional ... because in section 9 it provides that no com...