Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.

In that scenario, context and location dictate the outcome.

As the Supreme Court articulated in the foundational zoning case, Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty, a nuisance may merely be a right thing in the wrong place, like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.

If the medical factory is located in the center of a dense residential zone, the location factor weighs heavily against it.

Furthermore, the court examines mitigation.

I think that's going to happen, and we just need the right vehicle to present the case to the court.

I agree with you, and I hope they go back and overturn Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty.

Going further is what the court needs to do.

Ted Cruz has written a bestseller.

We call zoning, traditional zoning, Euclidean zoning.

That comes from the Euclid v. Ambler Realty case out of Ohio and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Why does it still matter? Why is it still relevant? Why do we still talk about it? Not only is it the law of the land relative to zoning, nearly every zoning code in America traces its legal foundation to Euclid.

And the reason for that is that the Euclid Code that was adopted in 1923, I believe, was based on the New York City Zoning Ordinance, which was adopted in 1916.