Curbing the Anticompetitive Impact of Commercial Land Use Regulation: An Administrative Approach

W.C. Bunting

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Abstract: This Article explores how the anticompetitive impact of a zoning ordinance is assessed under the antitrust laws and substantive due process and concludes that neither is likely to satisfactorily curb the anticompetitive impact of commercial land use regulation. The Article highlights the distinction between a local government’s zoning power and its more general police power. For rational basis review to act as a meaningful check on zoning power, as distinguished from more general police powers, this Article contends that such review must require a local government to produce evidence of a causal link between the zoning action and the stated government interest. Rejecting antitrust law as the proper doctrinal vehicle through which to curb the anticompetitive impact of commercial zoning restrictions, this Article proposes a three-part administrative procedure, grounded in notions of due process and the legitimate exercise of a locality’s zoning power, to reduce the frequency with which local governments impose socially inefficient restrictions on commercial land use. Finally, the Article introduces the concept of an economic impact statement.

Date: 2026-10-15
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