On behalf of Avallone Law Associates | Jan 31, 2014 | Land Use & Zoning
Several months ago, we discussed a Philadelphia City Council decision to restrict the number of doctors’ offices in Northeast Philadelphia. The city’s Planning Commission, which gives advisory reviews of proposed legislation, opposed the amendment to the...
On behalf of Avallone Law Associates | Jan 23, 2014 | Commercial Real Estate
Registered Community Organizations, or RCOs, regularly have a say on zoning issues in Philadelphia communities. For example, if a person wants to open a business in a neighborhood, then the business owner is supposed to contact all of the interested RCOs, which can...
On behalf of Avallone Law Associates | Jan 17, 2014 | Residential Real Estate
A Montgomery County man who works to help the homeless has himself fallen on hard times. Each Thursday, as part of his King’s Jubilee ministry, which he operates out of his home, the Souderton resident drives to Center City to deliver homemade soup to...
On behalf of Avallone Law Associates | Jan 9, 2014 | Real Estate Disputes
Mixed responses of hope and skepticism have surrounded the ordinance that created Philadelphia’s new Land Bank, which is aimed at cleaning up and repurposing the city’s roughly 40,000 underused or blighted properties. Philadelphia is currently the largest...
On behalf of Avallone Law Associates | Jan 1, 2014 | Land Use & Zoning
Zoning laws are an important part of city and county development. They exist to ensure that only certain types of structures can be built in designated areas. When officials make the decision to change the purpose of a particular area, it is sometimes met with...
