context: Thus, the Supreme Court held in Penn Central Transportation Company that landmark-preservation laws, based partly on aesthetics, are valid. Other land-use restrictions, such as local zoning laws, also may properly take aesthetics into account.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 166 F.3d 490, 495
citation_a.parenthetical: "[i]n New York, aesthetics can be a valid ground for local zoning decisions"
citation_a.sentence: See Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas, 416 U.S. 1, 9, 94 S.Ct. 1536, 39 L.Ed.2d 797 (1974) (it is “permissible” for zoning laws to promote aesthetic considerations); Cellular Tel. Co. v. Town of Oyster Bay, 166 F.3d 490, 495 (2d Cir.1999) (“[i]n New York, aesthetics can be a valid ground for local zoning decisions”); see also Sprint Spectrum, L.P. v. Willoth, 176 F.3d 630, 645 (2d Cir.1999) (holding in context of local environmental review process that “[ajesthetics is generally a valid subject of ... regulation and concern”); Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council, 490 U.S. 332, 357, 109 S.Ct. 1835, 104 L.Ed.2d 351 (1989) (discussing United States Forest Service regulations requiring special use permit authorization process to “minimize damage to scenic and esthetic values and fish and wildlife habitat”); Good v. United States, 189 F.3d 1355, 1362 (Fed.Cir.1999) (aesthetics one of the factors considered by the Army Corps of Engineers in issuing dredging or wetlands filling permits).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 490 U.S. 332, 357
citation_b.parenthetical: discussing United States Forest Service regulations requiring special use permit authorization process to "minimize damage to scenic and esthetic values and fish and wildlife habitat"
citation_b.sentence: See Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas, 416 U.S. 1, 9, 94 S.Ct. 1536, 39 L.Ed.2d 797 (1974) (it is “permissible” for zoning laws to promote aesthetic considerations); Cellular Tel. Co. v. Town of Oyster Bay, 166 F.3d 490, 495 (2d Cir.1999) (“[i]n New York, aesthetics can be a valid ground for local zoning decisions”); see also Sprint Spectrum, L.P. v. Willoth, 176 F.3d 630, 645 (2d Cir.1999) (holding in context of local environmental review process that “[ajesthetics is generally a valid subject of ... regulation and concern”); Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council, 490 U.S. 332, 357, 109 S.Ct. 1835, 104 L.Ed.2d 351 (1989) (discussing United States Forest Service regulations requiring special use permit authorization process to “minimize damage to scenic and esthetic values and fish and wildlife habitat”); Good v. United States, 189 F.3d 1355, 1362 (Fed.Cir.1999) (aesthetics one of the factors considered by the Army Corps of Engineers in issuing dredging or wetlands filling permits).