Irell & Manella LLP's land use practice encompasses all aspects of state and federal law related to the regulation of land use and development, including land use entitlements (permits) and related litigation.  Our expertise includes general planning and zoning, specific plans, compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Subdivision Map Act, conditional use permits, variances, vested rights, development agreements, initiatives and referendums, land use moratoriums, exactions, takings and inverse condemnation, design review, historic preservation, affordable housing, the California Coastal Act, redevelopment, school fees, endangered species, and wetlands protection.

Irell & Manella’s land use practice has represented clients in obtaining entitlements from federal, state, and local agencies for nearly every type of major development project, including office buildings, shopping centers, industrial parks, residential subdivisions and master planned communities, high-rises, condominiums, golf courses, entertainment centers, hotels, college and university campuses, art museums, hospitals, motion picture studios, professional sports stadiums, amusement parks, airports, cemeteries, pipelines, telecommunication facilities and landfills.  The land use litigation practice includes both defending challenges to entitlements and challenging unreasonable restrictions and exactions imposed on developments.

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