Anyone know a good real estate zoning attorney?

[Joey]

I want to rezone my land from Ag to Commercial. What RE Atty do you recommend?

Thanks.

[Gaspar]

quote:Originally posted by Joey

I want to rezone my land from Ag to Commercial. What RE Atty do you recommend?

Thanks.

Charles Norman 583-7571

[RecycleMichael]

Go here first and look at the application/form process.

http://www.incog.org/

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by Joey

I want to rezone my land from Ag to Commercial. What RE Atty do you recommend?

Thanks.

Don't bother. Land is worth what it's worth. In the old daze, a PUD or an upgrade in zoning helped. Today, sometimes it's best to let the buyer do the zoning he desires. Unless, you are developing it.

In addition, there have been motions recently that indicate your taxes could be higher based on the underlying zoning.

Cardboard cows might work if you can get advanced notice of the accessor showing up. Or hay it.

If you are the developer, the situation might dictate the right counsel including engineer.

[Gaspar]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

quote:Originally posted by Joey

I want to rezone my land from Ag to Commercial. What RE Atty do you recommend?

Thanks.

Don't bother. Land is worth what it's worth. In the old daze, a PUD or an upgrade in zoning helped. Today, sometimes it's best to let the buyer do the zoning he desires. Unless, you are developing it.

In addition, there have been motions recently that indicate your taxes could be higher based on the underlying zoning.

Cardboard cows might work if you can get advanced notice of the accessor showing up. Or hay it.

If you are the developer, the situation might dictate the right counsel including engineer.

That's actually not bad advice.  If you have no intension of developing the land, changing the zoning makes no sense.  

If you wish to sell it, the developer who purchases it will zone it as he pleases with no expense to you.

If you wish to develop the land, you should talk to a professional planning and engineering firm first to make sure you aren't wasting time with a zoning change.  They will be able to tell you how much useable space you can gain out of the land, and then you can calculate weather its worth the investment.  They will also be able to determine any underlying circumstances that may add undue expense to the project.  i.e. uncapped well sites, drainage challenges, parking ratios, soil, and grading expenses.

Usually a real-estate attorney gets involved at the tail end of development once the leg work is done.