Eminent domain.Eminent Domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in : La Puente La Puente (lä pwĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 36,955), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; laid out 1841, inc. 1956. Primarily residential, the city manufactures hardware, electronics, and paper products. Redevelopment Agency approved a "resolution of necessity," the first step in acquiring a 12,000-square-foot strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. along North Hacienda hacienda also called estancia (Argentina and Uruguay) or fazenda (Brazil) In Latin America, a large landed estate. The hacienda originated in the colonial period and survived into the 20th century. Boulevard for a redevelopment project. It is the city's first eminent domain proceeding. The mall sits on a 2.7 acre plot of land valued at $3.55 million. The La Puente Redevelopment Agency indicated that 1.8 acres of land behind the mall have never been improved since the mall's construction in 1968 and that the facility prevents the unimproved parcel from being developed. The agency plans to work with the owners of the property, though a previous attempt by the agency to negotiate purchase was unsuccessful. The redevelopment agency has proposed a 12-acre development that includes the strip mall parcel called "The Village at La Puente." It would include two major retail facilities and three smaller buildings for a total of more than 110,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, as well as 150 condos. |
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