Sandy Springs: Option of eminent domain for Target property unclear
“City officials continue to buy property around the former Target building the city owns on Johnson Ferry Road, but it’s unclear whether using eminent domain remains an option. Eminent domain would involve Sandy Springs City…
Milton exercises right to eminent domain Two of three parcels deemed condemned
“The city of Milton stretched its young legislative limbs at its March 4 Milton City Council meeting. In preparation for the city’s first roundabout, councilmembers unanimously voted to exercise the city’s right of eminent domain…
Milton may use eminent domain to construct new roundabout
“The Milton City Council approved two land purchases Monday and authorized the city attorney to exercise eminent domain to acquire three additional pieces of property needed so the public works department can move forward with…
City Council approves use of eminent domain
“At its meeting Tuesday night, the Sandy Springs City Council voted 6-0 to purchase the right of way on two Roswell Road properties through the use of eminent domain. “The next two projects are related…
Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development
“Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development provides communities with a comprehensive guide of tools and strategies that are available for financing and funding infrastructure for transit-oriented development (TOD). The report provides examples of how some…
City takes on utility over eminent domain
Mansfield, a city of 600 people about 40 miles east of Atlanta in Newton County is trying to impose limits on the condemnation powers of the Georgia Transmission Corp. (GTC), which has bulldozers that are…
Marietta, church agree to bring in mediator over land deal
As part of ongoing negotiations in a proposed real estate deal between the city of Marietta and the Roswell Street Baptist Church, the city had threatened to use eminent domain laws. But after a show…
Holt to reintroduce legislation
According to Holt, Georgia is one of only a handful of states that has no agency charged with overseeing the use of eminent domain for placement of power lines. There was no law governing the…
Chicken Man kills himself after long fight with Roswell government officials
“This is one of those stories that often never makes it to the Front Page of any newspaper or website. It’s a story about Property Rights and Eminent domain. It’s the story of one man…