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Ambler Real House Scandal

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This is a dispute over zoning ordinance and whether it is infringing on the rights of property owners. The Village of Euclid (Euclid) is a municipal corporation in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. It is 12-14 square acres, most of which is farmland and unimproved acreage. Ambler Realty Co. (Ambler) owns 68 acres of land in the westerly edge of the village. A zoning ordinance was adopted by the Village of Euclid on November 13, 1922 which divided the village into multiple districts and specified exactly what type of buildings were to be built in each district, specifically the use of buildings and their height and FAR. Ambler’s land spanned multiple districts of land and so Ambler’s ability to construct buildings on its land was severely limited, per the zoning ordinance. Ambler claims that this restriction has reduced the market value of their land from $10,000 to $2,500 per acre. …show more content…

Ambler goes on to say that the government took the value of their land and they were not paid for this taking. The argument defending the ordinance says that since Ambler stills holds the title to the land that this does not constitute as a taking of their land even though their land value may depreciate or have restrictions placed on it since their land is still under their

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