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The Legal Foundation for Planning and Zoning in Alabama   

This workshop will provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama. Although a number of constitutional issues and landmark cases will be included in the material presented, they will be discussed from a layman’s point of view and not from a legalistic view point.

TOPICS I NCLUDE: (1) The evolution of legal principles relating to the public regulation of private property; (2) The origins of the current Alabama planning enabling legislation and recent efforts to amend it; the landmark decisions of the US Supreme Court relating to the regulatory and planning powers of local governments; (3) The major constitutional issues being raised in current land use litigation; (4)  The procedural and strategic aspects of land use litigation;  (5) Alternative approaches to the resolution of regulatory issues and developmental conflicts.

  • The Legal Foundation for Planning and Zoning in Alabama
  • Fee: $82.00
    Item Number: 25SUAPI101-0722
    Dates: 7/22/2025 - 7/22/2025
    Times: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: CAPZO ZOOM TRAINING
    Room: ZOOM TRAINING
    Instructor: Adrienne Jones

    This workshop will provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama. Although a number of constitutional issues and landmark cases will be included in the material presented, they will be discussed from a layman’s point of view and not from a legalistic view point.

    TOPICS I NCLUDE: (1) The evolution of legal principles relating to the public regulation of private property; (2) The origins of the current Alabama planning enabling legislation and recent efforts to amend it; the landmark decisions of the US Supreme Court relating to the regulatory and planning powers of local governments; (3) The major constitutional issues being raised in current land use litigation; (4)  The procedural and strategic aspects of land use litigation;  (5) Alternative approaches to the resolution of regulatory issues and developmental conflicts.


 

  • The Legal Foundation for Planning and Zoning in Alabama
  • Fee: $82.00
    Item Number: 25FAAPI1011113
    Dates: 11/13/2025 - 11/13/2025
    Times: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: CAPZO ZOOM TRAINING
    Room: ZOOM TRAINING
    Instructor: Adrienne Jones

    This workshop will provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama. Although a number of constitutional issues and landmark cases will be included in the material presented, they will be discussed from a layman’s point of view and not from a legalistic view point.

    TOPICS I NCLUDE: (1) The evolution of legal principles relating to the public regulation of private property; (2) The origins of the current Alabama planning enabling legislation and recent efforts to amend it; the landmark decisions of the US Supreme Court relating to the regulatory and planning powers of local governments; (3) The major constitutional issues being raised in current land use litigation; (4)  The procedural and strategic aspects of land use litigation;  (5) Alternative approaches to the resolution of regulatory issues and developmental conflicts.


 

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