I love the idea of this bill. Zoning boards have needed de-fanging for a while now.
Property rights are (were) a fundamental part of the U.S. from the beginning. It is sad that now laws have to be passed to force gov’t officials to respect our fundamental rights.
Zoning is another from of eminent domain.
We need to do the same thing for Conservation Commissions, the home of Luddites and eco-Nazi’s.
I have, on occasion, presented before these Commission boards to get permission to perform environmental cleanups that have impacted wetlands areas.
On one occasion, a business owner and his architect, who were trying to get permission to put a dumpster inside a buffer zone, presented to the Con-Comm before me. I assume proposed placement was to aid in traffic flow and parking for this new business. The head of the Con-Comm, a lay-woman with no technical expertise, told the owner that his proposed building, which was not inside the buffer zone (her purview), was too big (it wasn’t) and that she wouldn’t approve the dumpster placement. The owner and architect looked at each other and the architect told the Con-Comm that they’d move the dumpster outside the buffer zone so that they would not need the Com-Comm permission to do anything and left the meeting.
God help the person that did need their permission to improve their lot.