The city denied an owner a permit to demolish its building because of the owner's failure to comply with the city's historic preservation ordinance. The owner brought a mandamus action to require the city to appropriate the land and building. In denying mandamus, the court held no compensable taking occurred, because the owners had not been denied all economically viable use of the land. State ex rel. Because a business establishment, landlord, common carrier or other inviter may wait until the end of a storm and a reasonable time afterward before removing ice and snow from an outdoor entrance, walk, platform or steps, a bank had no duty to an invitee who slipped during an ice storm.
Accessory uses .
In an opinion discussing accessory uses at length, a New Jersey court concluded that maintaining a pigeon coop as a hobby activity was a permitted accessory use to a residential use. A village annexed adjoining land on which a billboard had been constructed with the county's permission. The court held that the village had standing to enforce its zoning ordinance banning billboards. In a suit to determine whether a conditional use permit was required, the court held that use of a residence as an addiction recovery house was permitted as a matter of right. Numerous issues relating to security deposits and the negotiation of such provisions are discussed in Nonresidential Security Deposits , edited by Sidney G. Saltz.