Baytown delays voting on fee for developers
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Baytown City Council decided it had too many unanswered questions and held off voting on an ordinance establishing impact fees for developers.
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By Elias E. Lopez, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn asked residents to join him in a fight against overdevelopment in Miami-Dade County, rising insurance rates and "unfair" mitigation fees during his annual State of the Village address Wednesday.
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The four measures on the Feb. 5 ballot are being hotly debated. Officials say the state needs the revenue.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programmers is delayed again.
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Norfolk officials say they're growing more and more frustrated with delays on a development that would bring a Stop &amp; Shop supermarket to the town center, even as the company reaffirms its commitment to the project.
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By RICK COLLINS  Braintree residents may be forced to haul their own trash to the town's transfer station on Ivory Street starting July 1 as a result of last week's decision by selectmen to eliminate the trash fee.
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Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey is going toe to toe with Gov. Arnold Schwarz-enegger over how cost overruns on the Bay Bridge should be funded, a decision that could affect key Marin transportation projects.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 7--A proposed large increase in Oro Valley's water-connection fees met with opposition from development and building representatives at a public hearing Wednesday night.
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By Dina Cappiello, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 13--Representatives of Houston's business community on Monday urged City Council to delay action on two proposals that would make it easier for the city to penalize companies causing unhealthy levels of air pollution.
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By Molly R. Okeon, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Calif.  Sep. 18--GLENDORA -- The debate over Measure A, which would allow a  Texas-based developer to build up to 338 homes on a private golf course, is  heating up as the Oct. 3 special election draws near.
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Fremont Investment &amp; Loan yesterday agreed to postpone foreclosure proceedings against 2,200 Massachusetts homeowners after state officials determined the lender gave subprime mortgages to borrowers who could not afford the loan payments.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 21--LONG BEACH -- A plan to waive portions of rebuilding permit fees for churches and other nonprofit groups has stirred hot debate.
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By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 16--Faced with two competing downtown hotel development proposals, a committee of Milwaukee County supervisors essentially threw up their hands Friday and opted not to choose either plan.
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By Scott M. Larson, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 7--Town council had stopped a development because it didn't have  sprinklers, but judge ruled that wasn't proper.
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By Harris, Linda  City officials will have to find another way to fund their share of the riverfront park costs after voters this week narrowly rejected a $2.2 million excess levy that would have paid for it as well as other recreation projects.
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By The Miami Herald  Sep. 12--Miami-Dade County commissioners deferred a vote today on issuing a dredging permit to Flagstone Island Gardens that would have cleared the way to build a mega-yacht facility on Watson Island.
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By Curtis Morgan and Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald Jun. 16--A key component of the Biscayne Landing cleanup appears to have gone sour. That could cost developers and, ultimately, Miami-Dade taxpayers.