Gain insights and strategies on how to successfully navigate the land use entitlement process.
This program will provide insights both for representatives of the development community and for city attorneys and county counsel. For the development side, it will provide insights and strategies to how to successfully navigate the land use entitlement process for all types of development projects, from residential to industrial to commercial. For the public sector, it will provide useful information as to the metes and bounds of governmental discretion in enforcement of local zoning authority.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to discuss the zoning prerogatives of local government vs. the need for development.
- You will be able to describe structures of local governance and how they affect land use entitlement.
- You will be able to explain regulatory controls and how to maneuver them.
- You will be able to review environmental issues that affect land use entitlements.
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Agenda
The Zoning Prerogatives of Local Government vs. the Need for Development
- The Source and Scope of the Police Power
- The Balance Between Zoning and Development Needs
The Structures of Local Governance and How They Affect Land Use Entitlement
- The Role of the Planning Staff
- Land Use Boards and Commissions
- Administrative Appeals
- Political Considerations
Regulatory Controls and How to Maneuver Them
- Subdivisions
- Use Permits
- Variances
- Discretionary vs. Ministerial Permits
- Legislative Approvals (Zone Changes, etc.)
- Initiative and Referenda
Environmental Issues That Affect Land Use Entitlements
- Federal Environmental Statutes
- State Environmental Statutes
- Local Environmental Ordinances
Vested Rights and Regulatory Takings
Litigation
- Exhaustion of Remedies (Raise It or Waive It)
- The Administrative Record
- Writs of Mandamus
- Other Litigation Considerations
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on September 27, 2019.
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- AIA 1.25
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- PA CLE 1.0
- This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
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Faculty
Michael W. Shonafelt
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
- Partner with the law firm of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
- Practice covers all phases of the real property entitlement process, from preparing the permit application to achieving final approval
- Represented both developers and local governments on complex land use issues on a nationwide basis for over 20 years
- Successfully achieved consensus between project stakeholders and local government on complex and challenging development projects, resulting in permit approvals
- Written and spoken extensively on the new challenges facing developers and on the persistent tension between environmental and zoning considerations and the need for development
- J.D. degree, Loyola Law School; M.A. and B.A. degrees, California State University
- Can be contacted at 949-854-7000 or [email protected]
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