Eminent Domain Case Calls Zoning into Question

Denver’s transit agency, RTD, has generated lots of controversy by planning to take people’s land by eminent domain. But in a recent case, RTD may have bitten off more than it can chew.

RTD proposes to take some land near downtown Denver to use as a maintenance facility. The owner is not some small business but a major development company that took out full-page, color ads in major Denver papers to protest the taking.

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