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Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu... by order-matters on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:39PM (#48452560)
The city usually has the authority to dismiss deed restrictions if it is in the best interest of the city.

my wording was too vague though, youre right in that I took for granted we were talking about the city and this doesnt generally apply to normal ownerships or else HOAs wouldnt be anywhere near as annoying as they are.

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Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu... by thayne on Monday June 08, 2026 @11:17PM (#48455896)
> if it is in the best interest of the city

I think a lot of people, including many of the citizens of this city would say this is not in the best interest of the city.

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Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu... by order-matters on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:59PM (#48463836)
the point is that argument can be made regardless of deed restrictions. the city generally does things it believes to be in the best interest of the city, so making a deed restriction with it is borderline meaningless with respect to authority. it is purely symbolic, but you would hope that people representing the city see the deal for what it is and respect it unless it's absolutely necessary to override it.. rather than treating the original owner like a sucker and putting up a data center
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