Land Use & Zoning
Governmental restrictions on the use of land proliferate in today’s real estate development environment. Our lawyers are attuned to the nuances of zoning in the region. Our practice encompasses a variety of services, including:
- Assist with governmental land-use regulation, including zoning codes, applications to change zoning regulations, building codes, eminent domain and regulatory takings
- Handle complex litigation involving state, county, township and municipal legislative and administrative regulations including zoning litigation and eminent domain
- Assist with historic preservation and other special land use overlay issues
- Litigate cases in trial court, appellate court and in the Ohio Supreme Court
- Governmental and public utility easements
Representative Clients
- Cincinnati Capital Properties
- CarMax Auto Super Stores
- Corporex Companies, Inc.
- Duke Realty Corporation
- Great American Insurance Company
- Fischer Homes
- Hal Homes, Inc.
- Lane Oil Company
- McDonald's Corporation
- Northking Company, Ltd.
- The Procter & Gamble Co.
- TechSolve, Inc.
- United Dairy Farmers, Inc.
Case Studies
News
- Keating Muething & Klekamp Receives National Recognition in "Best Law Firms" Rankings by U.S. News and Best Lawyers
- Keating Muething & Klekamp Is the Top-Listed Law Firm in Ohio and in Cincinnati in a Number of Areas According to The Best Lawyers in America 2012
- Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Win Supreme Court of Ohio's Affirmation that Colerain Township Is Not Proper Party in Case Involving Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v State
- Keating Muething & Klekamp only law firm ranked #1 in Cincinnati in Corporate Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Municipal Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2011
- KMK Attorney Joseph L. Trauth, Jr. Wins Court Decision for Rumpke
- Judge Norbert Nadel Rules Rider to State Budget Unconstitutional; Rumpke Wins Case
Publications
- Ruling Clears Way for Rumpke Expansion, Cincinnati Enquirer at cincinnati.com, December 17, 2010

