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Overview
A Practical Guide to Land Use and Zoning Approvals and Issues
Zoning and land use cases are diverse and numerous, and often completely unique to specific circumstances. This comprehensive online seminar will give you working knowledge of the regulatory framework and practical tips for approval processes. Speed up the progress and reach successful resolution to any issue that arises. Don't miss this chance to take your land use and zoning knowledge to the next level - register today!
- Hear how the latest local zoning and land use decisions are re-shaping the practice and learn what you need to do to adapt.
- Confidently determine which authority is the decision-maker on each unique matter.
- Explore constitutional limitations on government zoning actions.
- Walk through the approval processes and get practical tips from experienced practitioners on ensuring compliance and speeding up the process.
- Master the essential steps of obtaining and retaining conditional use permits.
- Learn how to amend zoning ordinances and maps.
- Follow the zoning appeals process step-by-step and get specific advice for top zoning issues.
- Guard your professional reputation with a legal ethics guide tailored to your practice.
- Learn how short-term rentals are challenging long-standing zoning regulations and practices.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Land Use and Zoning Fundamentals, Case Law, and Legal Update
- Navigating the Land Use Approval Process
- Variances and Conditional Use Permits: Proving/Disproving Unique Conditions
- Zoning Ordinance and Map Amendments: Proving Necessary Criteria
- Challenging/Defending the Constitutionality of Zoning and Land Use Actions
- Short-Term Rentals: Navigating Uncharted Waters of Airbnb and Vrbo Zoning and Land Use Issues
- Appealing Zoning Decisions: Local, Regional, and State Considerations
- Ethics in Zoning and Land Use Law
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| California CLE |
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6 Total | 12-10-2027 |
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CLE
Agenda
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Land Use and Zoning Fundamentals, Case Law, and Legal Update
- Land Use vs. Zoning
- How the Approval Process Works: A Brief Overview
- The Scope of Zoning Board Authority
- Vested Rights, Estoppel, and Moratoria
- Regulatory Framework: State Building Code, Comprehensive Plans, Local Ordinances, and More
- Current Case Law and Legislative Updates
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Navigating the Land Use Approval Process
- Determining Where the Decision Authority Lies
- Aligning with Comprehensive Plans, Subdivision Regulations, etc.
- The Application: Complete Checklist of Information to Include
- The Permitting Process Walkthrough
- Following the Environmental Review Process
- Open Meeting Laws and Practical Tips
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Variances and Conditional Use Permits: Proving/Disproving Unique Conditions
- Complying with Requirements: Use vs. Area Variances
- Unique Circumstances or Conditions: Providing Supporting Evidence
- Disproving Detriments to Neighbors, the Public, etc.
- Navigating Conditional Use Review Process
- Proving/Disproving Conditions are Unreasonable
- Preventing and Addressing Conditional Use Violations
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Zoning Ordinance and Map Amendments: Proving Necessary Criteria
- Compatibility with Surrounding Property Use
- Ensuring Adequate Public Services
- Comprehensive Plan Compatibility
- Proving Other Criteria
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Challenging/Defending the Constitutionality of Zoning and Land Use Actions
- Takings Without Just Compensation
- Due Process Challenges
- Equal Protection Challenges
- Property Rights and Limitations on Police Power
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Short-Term Rentals: Navigating Uncharted Waters of Airbnb and Vrbo Zoning and Land Use Issues
- When are Short-Term Rentals Commercial Properties?
- Short-Term Rental Ordinances: What Works, What Doesn't, and What Leads to Lawsuits
- Enforcing Short-Term Rental Laws and Violations: Top Issues and Challenges
- Challenging Local Short-Term Rental Laws: Key Lessons From the Front Lines
- Apartments and Short-Term Rentals: Critical Landlord and Tenant Concerns
- The Short-Term Rental Industry: Current Issues and Legal Updates
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Appealing Zoning Decisions: Local, Regional, and State Considerations
- The Appeals Process Step-by-Step
- Obtaining Judicial Review of a Local Decision
- Using Litigation to Resolve a Zoning Case
- Specific Tips for Resolving Top Zoning Issues
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Ethics in Zoning and Land Use Law
- Ethical Issues Unique to the Planning and Zoning Arena
- Adhering to the Rules of Professional Conduct and Avoiding Legal Malpractice
- Identifying and Preventing Conflicts of Interest
- Ex Parte Contacts with Decision Makers
Who Should Attend
This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar is designed for:
- Attorneys
- Local Zoning and Land Use Professionals
- Developers and Contractors
- City Planners
- Civil Engineers
- Architects
- Real Estate Brokers/Agents
- Paralegals
Speakers
Speaker bio
Dana Dean
is a member of Hanson Bridgett LLP's land use practice group, as well as the real estate litigation practice group. She is co-leader of the firm's environmental litigation and compliance practice group. Ms. Dean has practiced land use, environmental, and real estate law for over two decades. She has worked throughout California on matters involving sustained, long-range advocacy efforts and detailed analyses, as well as extensive communications with governing entities, community groups, developers, and property owners. With an emphasis on commercial and industrial development, Ms. Dean represents landowners, project developers, and community groups at all stages of development permitting, with a focus on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process. She also represents clients in interactions with state agencies, such as BAAQMD, BCDC, CalRecycle, DTSC, DOGGR, and State Lands Commission, and federal agencies, such as the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including with regard to CERCLA, Clean Water Act, and other environmental litigation matters. a focus on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process and litigation. Ms. Dean's in-depth land use experience includes traditional development projects as well as cutting-edge projects in the areas of alternative energy, carbon sequestration, resource recovery, and water-related land planning. In addition, she maintains a robust real estate litigation practice, representing companies and individuals in litigation involving boundary and easement disputes, purchase and sale disputes, and other traditional real estate claims. Before joining Hanson Bridgett, Ms. Dean founded and managed The Law Offices of Dana Dean from 2003-2022.
Speaker bio
Eoin D. McCarron
is an attorney at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP. He works closely with regulators and the public sector in helping clients navigate the intricate federal, state, and local regulations that govern development projects. He enjoys getting involved from the inception of major projects and providing support from the planning stages through completion. Through his work, he has developed a deep understanding of the regulatory challenges facing developers, particularly those related to land use and zoning issues. Prior to attending law school, he spent three years working at the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) in Washington, D.C., a federally-funded research and development center established by Congress to provide technical expertise and policy analysis to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the science-conducting agencies of the federal government. While at STPI, he provided OSTP with subject matter expertise, policy analysis, and research support on the topics of space weather and civilian earth observations. This experience gave him unique insights on the federal policy development process and a greater understanding of the regulatory landscape and how it impacts his current real estate and development clients He began his legal career as an intern at the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office while in law school. He also served as an articles editor for the UCLA Law Review and conducted faculty-guided research on the history and evolution of risk-based decision and policy making at federal environmental agencies. In addition, he was a part of the UCLA Law Fellows Program, where he helped to guide undergraduate and graduate students in preparing to apply to law school.
Speaker bio
Tony Francois
is an attorney Briscoe Iverster & Bazel LLP. He is experienced in water and real property law, land use and zoning, environmental regulation, natural resources development, agricultural law, and constitutional law. He has represented homeowners, builders, farmers and ranchers, trade associations, and water districts in administrative, civil, and criminal proceedings before state and federal administrative agencies and state and federal trial and appellate courts. He is a member of the California State Bar and the Northern, Eastern, and Central districts of California and the Districts of New Mexico and North Dakota, and has litigated cases in federal courts in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia, as well as the Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals. He has appeared before the Supreme Courts of California, Idaho, Nevada, and the United States. Prior to attending law school, he served as an infantry officer in the United States Army, and was stationed in the former West Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall. He earned his B.S degree from University of San Francisco and his J.D degree from University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Speaker bio
Garrett D. Bergthold
is an attorney at Berliner Cohen LLP in the land use and municipal law practice group. He represents both public- and private-sector clients. During law school, Mr. Bergthold externed for Justice Ronald Robie of the Third District Court of Appeal. He earned his B.A. degree from San Francisco State University and J.D. degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
Speaker bio
Thomas Han
is an attorney in Hanson Bridgett's Real Estate and Environment Section. He earned his J.D. degree from University of Southern California Gould School of Law and his B.A. degree from Harvard University. During law school, Mr. Han served as editor-in-chief for the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice. He also worked at the Mediation Clinic and Family Law Mediation Clinic, where he mediated child custody cases for the Edelman Children's courthouse. Mr. Han is admitted to practice in California.
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