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Getting Past Municipal Land Use and Zoning Roadblocks

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AICP Approved 6 Total
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Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Pending 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Pending 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Troy Covington
Andrea Pearson
Michelle Rosati
Denyse Jones
F. Keith Brown
With Troy R. Covington from Bloom Parham, LLP + 4 others

Mon, Dec 21, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102678

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Overview

Tackle Complex Land Use and Zoning Issues With Confidence

Zoning disputes and land use denials can derail even the most well-planned development projects - costing clients months of delays, thousands in carrying costs, and valuable development opportunities. Whether it's a conditional use denial, a variance rejection, or a comprehensive plan conflict, attorneys in this space know how quickly a promising project can grind to a halt at the hands of a planning board or municipal council. This program cuts through the complexity of land use law to give you a clear, actionable framework for challenging zoning roadblocks. Walk away with a practical toolkit for land use disputes, from the first denial to the courthouse steps. Register today!

  • Know exactly what to do when a variance, conditional use permit, or rezoning application gets denied.
  • Navigate comprehensive plan conflicts, nonconforming use disputes, and vested rights claims with confidence.
  • Negotiate conditions of approval without over-conceding your client's project timeline or budget.
  • Identify constitutional vulnerabilities in municipal land use decisions - and know when to use them.
  • Build administrative records that hold up in court and preserve your right to appeal.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Overview of Zoning Ordinances, Comprehensive Plans, and Common Zoning Roadblocks
  2. Nonconforming Uses and Vested Rights
  3. Tackling Rezoning and Zoning Text Amendment Obstacles
  4. Overcoming Difficulties With Variances
  5. Conditional and Special Use Permits - Common Challenges and Solutions
  6. Constitutional and Statutory Challenges to Municipal Actions
  7. When Zoning Ordinances Are Violated
  8. Administrative Appeals and Litigation Strategies in Land Use and Zoning Disputes
  9. Ethics in Land Use Law: Conflicts, Duties, and Hard Calls

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
AICP Approved 6 Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Pending 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Pending 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Overview of Zoning Ordinances, Comprehensive Plans, and Common Zoning Roadblocks

    1. Overview of Municipal Zoning Authority and Ordinances
    2. Restrictive Zoning Classifications and Land Use Limitations
    3. When the Comprehensive Plan Works For You - and When It's Used Against You
    4. Procedural Delays and Administrative Obstacles
    5. Community Opposition and NIMBY Challenges
    6. Infrastructure and Environmental Constraints

  2. Nonconforming Uses and Vested Rights

    1. What Makes a Use Legally Nonconforming
    2. Expansion, Intensification, and Abandonment: Where Clients Get Into Trouble
    3. Amortization
    4. Vested Rights Doctrine: What Triggers Protection and What Doesn't
    5. Estoppel Claims

  3. Tackling Rezoning and Zoning Text Amendment Obstacles

    1. Top Mistakes That Kill a Rezoning Application
    2. Legislative vs. Quasi-Judicial Rezoning
    3. Spot Zoning: Attacking and Defending Small-Parcel Rezonings
    4. Downzoning: Challenging Reductions in Permitted Density or Use

  4. Overcoming Difficulties With Variances

    1. Variances and Reasonableness of Government Actions
    2. Undue Hardship: Overcoming Ambiguities
    3. Unique Conditions: Are They Peculiar to the Property?
    4. Ordinance Intent and Variances: Do They Align? Will the Public Good Be Harmed?
    5. Variance Scope and Conditions
    6. Similarly Situated Properties and Inconsistent Treatment Claims

  5. Conditional and Special Use Permits - Common Challenges and Solutions

    1. Standards of Approval: Challenging Vague or Subjective Criteria
    2. Negotiating Conditions Without Over‑Conceding
    3. Development Agreements and Conditional Approvals
    4. Permit Expiration, Renewal, and Transfer to Subsequent Owners
    5. Revocation: Grounds, Process, and How to Defend Against It

  6. Constitutional and Statutory Challenges to Municipal Actions

    1. Due Process Claims
    2. Equal Protection Challenges
    3. Takings and Exactions
    4. First Amendment and Religious Land Use Issues
    5. Fair Housing and Civil Rights Considerations

  7. When Zoning Ordinances Are Violated

    1. Issues Created by Setback and Height Ordinances
    2. Obstacles When Dealing With Dimensional Zoning Violations
    3. Navigating Constitutional Concerns Involving Sign Ordinance Violations
    4. Conservation and Environmental Concerns
    5. Common Obstacles in Zoning Ordinance Litigation

  8. Administrative Appeals and Litigation Strategies in Land Use and Zoning Disputes

    1. Exhaustion of Remedies
    2. Building the Administrative Record and Preserving Error
    3. Litigation Pathways: Certiorari, Mandamus, Declaratory Judgment, or §1983
    4. Injunctive Relief and TROs
    5. Damages in Land Use Cases: When is Compensation on the Table?

  9. Ethics in Land Use Law: Conflicts, Duties, and Hard Calls

    1. Conflicts of Interest in Land Use Practice
    2. Ex Parte Communications in Land Use Proceedings
    3. Competence in Land Use Law
    4. Candor to the Tribunals and in Applications
    5. Confidentiality
    6. Government Attorney Ethics

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Land use planners, municipal zoning professionals, paralegals, and other professionals involved in land use and development matters may also benefit.

Speakers

Troy R Covington
Troy R.
Covington
Bloom Parham, LLP
Andrea J Pearson
Andrea J.
Pearson
Bloom Parham, LLP
Michelle A Rosati
Michelle A.
Rosati
Altmiller Melnick Demers Steele & Rosati PLC
Denyse L Jones
Denyse L.
Jones
Husch Blackwell LLP
F. Keith Brown
F. Keith
Brown
Pike Legal Group, PLLC
Speaker bio
Troy R Covington

Troy R. Covington

Bloom Parham, LLP
Troy Covington

is a partner with the law firm of Bloom Parham, LLP. In his role with Bloom Parham, LLP, he counsels clients on business matters involving trademark and trade secret claims, contract disputes, corporate governance disputes, partnership disputes, business torts, church governance disputes, and lender liability. Mr. Covington is broadly experienced in litigation, having represented clients at every level of the state and federal courts in Georgia. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Birmingham-Southern College and his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. Mr. Covington is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, United States Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern and Middle districts of Georgia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Eleventh circuits. He is a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta and the Atlanta International Arbitration Society.

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Andrea J Pearson

Andrea J. Pearson

Bloom Parham, LLP
Andrea Pearson

is a partner at Bloom Parham, LLP, where she primarily represents clients across the development and construction industry litigating against local governments over entitlement and development issues. Her representations include litigation over rezoning denials, special permit denials, constitutional issues, administrative appeals, and vested rights. Ms. Pearson earned her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law and her B.S. degree, summa cum laude, in psychology from the University of Georgia where she was Phi Beta Kappa. She is licensed to appear before the Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Ms. Pearson is a member of the State Bar of Georgia. She has served as Barrister with the Bleckley American Inn of Court and the Columbus American Inn of Court, an invitation-only group.

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Michelle A Rosati

Michelle A. Rosati

Altmiller Melnick Demers Steele & Rosati PLC
Michelle Rosati

is a principal at Altmiller Melnick Demers Steele & Rosati PLC. Her practice is focused on land use and real estate development. Ms. Rosati brings a creative, comprehensive, solution-oriented approach to simple or complex real estate matters, offering her clients a full range of expertise including representation in feasibility studies and due diligence, and representation of clients in judicial appeals and litigation on zoning, land use and property rights matters. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar (Real Property and Local Government Law Sections), Loudoun Hunger Relief (Board of Directors), NAIOP Northern Virginia (Loudoun Government Relations Subcommittee), and Dulles Area Association of Realtors (Affiliate Member, Government and Political Affairs Committee). Ms. Rosati earned her B.A. degree from Colgate University and her J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Virginia.

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Denyse L Jones

Denyse L. Jones

Husch Blackwell LLP
Denyse Jones

is a partner at Husch Blackwell LLP. She focuses her practice on business litigation for property owners, developers, political subdivisions, title insurers, taxpayers, and commercial lenders and lessors. Ms. Jones earned her B.S.B.A degree from Saint Louis University and her J.D. degree from Tulane University Law School. She is a member of The Missouri Bar and the State Bar of Texas. Ms. Jones is admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Missouri and Texas.

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F. Keith Brown

F. Keith Brown

Pike Legal Group, PLLC
F. Keith Brown

is an attorney in the Shepherdsville law firm of Pike Legal Group, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of zoning, planning, land use, annexation, real estate, environmental law, administrative law, business and corporate law, land development, and wireless telecommunications. He is a past speaker on real estate related issues for various professional associations. Mr. Brown is admitted to practice in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Indiana. He earned his B.S. degree from Murray State University, his M.B.A. degree from Indiana University at Bloomington and his J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky.

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