Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Virginia

Does a farmer have any recourse against a county when they past ordinances and codes that interfere with his farm operation . Such as animal control laws, use of firearms to control crop damaging varmints, noise ,and other normal farm operations. Once enough city people get in a count they elect city people to office and the start pasting city ordinances. In affect they take away the use of land with out compensation.

Asked on 6/09/10, 5:53 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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No, very rarely(no realistic recourse) in my opinion. And, it's not

just farmers. Local town folk in various jurisdictions across the land have had

their homes condemned via eminent domain by the ruling governmental authority on grounds of speculative economic development which the U.S. Supreme

Court has upheld as a proper ground for such condemnation in the New London

Connecticut case of a couple of years ago.

Answered on 6/09/10, 10:57 am

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