Tucson Landowner Faces $10K Permit Fee on Poor Road, Challenges Pima County’s Uniform Policy
Doug Boyd, who lives on Wrangler Ranch in Tucson, Arizona, received a shocking bill from Pima County totaling more than $10,000 for permits to build his home. The bulk of that fee, more than $8,000, went toward road development impact fees, which are fees levied on road construction and widening. Despite the intended use of […]
Rio Rico landowner wants rezoning for Hermosa Mine processing plant
A planned new mining facility in the Patagonian Mountains has sparked outrage, appeals and lawsuits from local residents. That frustration has now spilled over into neighboring Rio Rico, where some suspect the recent rezoning plan will lay the groundwork for mining company South 32 to build a processing plant. Landowner Andrew Jackson and Santa Cruz […]
Landowner Closes Two Colorado 14,000’ers Weeks After UK Loses Right to Wild Camp » Explorersweb
Back in mid-January, British hikers were outraged when a landowner named Alexander Darwall filed a lawsuit, effectively ending the long-accepted British practice of ‘wild camping’. I was. Darwall owns approximately 1,620 hectares of land within Dartmoor National Park. And when he argued in court that it was never permissible to pitch a tent overnight on […]
