Think Tank’s $23M Claims Against City for Property Rights Violations

What’s happening? The GoldWater Institute is claiming $23M in claims against Flagstaff for violating Arizona’s 2006 constitutional amendment that allows property owners a claim “to just compensation if the value of a person’s property is reduced by the enactment of a land use law.” 

Why is this important? At issue are land use ordinances in Flagstaff that limit the number of bedrooms and and such, which the Goldwater Institute claims limits a property owner’s authority and use of their property.

How will this be important? It is an incremental march forward in the ongoing tug of war over which local regulations diminish property values.

Arizona Daily Sun | City of Flagstaff threatened with $23 million in claims for violating state property rights