In addition to the state using eminent domain to take people's farms for an airport, a nearby city has used eminent domain to take buildings, and homes in town as a development tool. They start by telling the land owner they are buying their property for a specified amount. Once they have the property they pay to have the buildings or homes torn down. Then they GIVE the land to a developer, or the city gives the land to a public agency that owns the city parking lots.
Awhile back they took a building that housed five small businesses. Three of the five businesses folded after they moved to less desirable locations. The city justified taking the property saying they needed it for parking. They did use some of it for parking. They just landscaped the rest.
The city had their eye on another property they wanted to be redeveloped. A local businessman had bought the place and had plans to renovate it. The city wouldn't issue the permits for the renovation. During the time the owner and the city were fighting it out in court there was a fire. Most of the damage was to stuff that would have been torn out during the renovation, and to the roof. The city wouldn't allow the owner to secure and weather proof the building after the fire. They quickly got the building condemned because of the fire damage (which was minimal) and had the building demolished. The eminent domain case was still being contested in court.When it was all said and done the city paid the owner less than 10% of what the place was worth and harassed his other business until he closed it. They were sending a message to others about fighting eminent domain.
They had planned on giving that land to the developer they usually give land to but he had second thoughts and canceled his proposed development! They ended up giving the property to a non-profit organization to use as a parking lot.
The mayor bragged in an interview that eminent domain was a valuable redevelopment tool.
It's bad enough to force a person to sell their property, but to turn around and give it to a developer is wrong on a whole different level.
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