California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Anza Parking Corp. v. City of Burlingame, 195 Cal.App.3d 855, 241 Cal.Rptr. 175 (Cal. App. 1987):
Government Code section 65909 provides: "No local governmental body, or any agency thereof, may condition the issuance of any ... use permit ... for any purpose not reasonably related to the use of the property for which the ... use permit is requested." Contrary local law or rulings "are deemed inoperative ( 65909)." (Our emphasis; Wiltshire v. Superior Court (1985) 172 Cal.App.3d 296, 305, 218 Cal.Rptr. 199.)
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