From business matters to personal legal issues.
Practice Areas
Land Use and Zoning
Morton & Gettys provides counsel and representation regarding various commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects. We work with individuals, developers, builders, government entities, and businesses of all sizes from inception through completion of a project, providing legal services and oversight throughout the process.
Specific experience includes:
- Preparing easements
- Negotiating utility agreements and other entitlements with utility companies, municipalities, and other governmental entities
- Negotiating development agreements with counties and municipalities
- Preparing covenants, conditions, easements, and restrictions for various commercial, industrial, office, and residential projects
- Providing counsel regarding rezoning applications, and representing individuals and businesses in variance requests, zoning appeals, and other administrative matters
Morton & Gettys attorneys also defend property owners’ rights in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia fighting to make sure they receive fair compensation if a government agency takes their land through eminent domain or condemnation.