 This became known as the "essential nexus" between a legitimate state interest and the permit condition.Then, in "Dolan v. City of Tigard", 512 U.S. 374 (1994) the Court evaluated further the degree of the connection required between permit conditions and impacts caused by a development.In that case, a business owner sought to expand a plumbing supply store on property adjacent to a floodplain and sought to pave more parking spaces for the store.