Trial Court Affirms a County Must Give Landowners Statutory Notice of Change to Ordinance

Trial Court Affirms a County Must Give Landowners Statutory Notice of Change to Ordinance

An Indiana court voided Tipton County’s overlay district which banned various land uses on rural ground because the county failed to provide the required statutory notice to interested landowners.

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OPD v. Town of Argos: Court Blocks Moratorium on Confined Feeding Operations

OPD v. Town of Argos: Court Blocks Moratorium on Confined Feeding Operations

We recently secured a major zoning victory for a poultry producer in northern Indiana resulting in a court order blocking a harmful CFO moratorium from going into effect and awarding attorneys’ fees for the producer.

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Indiana Court of Appeals Upholds the Right to Farm Act

Indiana Court of Appeals Upholds the Right to Farm Act

A three judge panel unanimously rejected multiple neighbors’ challenges to a rural Indiana hog farm. In the case titled Himsel v. 4/9 Livestock, neighbors alleged that a nearby hog farm was a nuisance, its odors constituted a “trespass,” and its existence violated their constitutional rights to “Open Courts” and “Equal Privileges” under the law. Here is our summary of the decision.

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House of Prayer v. Rush County BZA: Court of Appeals Affirms Zoning Approval for Indiana Dairy

House of Prayer v. Rush County BZA: Court of Appeals Affirms Zoning Approval for Indiana Dairy

Janzen Ag Law defended an Indiana dairy against a challenge to its zoning approval by a rural summer camp. On January 16, 2018, the Indiana Court of Appeals issued an order upholding the county's decision to permit the dairy's construction.  

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