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Overview
Secure Land Use Approvals With Confidence
When a client's project doesn't fit the zoning, the path forward runs through variances and conditional use permits. This concise program will give you a working command of both. Learn when each type of relief is appropriate, the legal standards governing approval, and how to effectively guide clients through the process. Register today!
- Establish the hardship necessary to support a variance.
- Navigate conditional use permit standards with confidence.
- Craft applications that address common concerns raised by zoning officials and neighboring property owners.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Variances and Conditional Use Permits: Overview of Relief Mechanisms
- Variances: Establishing Hardship (and Avoiding the Self-Created Hardship Trap)
- Conditional Use Permits: Approval Standards and Conditions
- Application, Hearing Practice, and Building the Record
- Appeals and Judicial Review in Brief
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Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AICP |
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1 Total |
| Alaska CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
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1 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
1 Total |
| California CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Colorado CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Idaho CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
1.2 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Montana CLE |
|
1 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
1 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
1 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
1.2 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
1 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
1 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Utah CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Virginia CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
1 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
1 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
1.2 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
1 Total |
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Agenda
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Variances and Conditional Use Permits in a Nutshell
- Variances and Conditional Use Permits: Overview of Relief Mechanisms
- Variances: Establishing Hardship (and Avoiding the Self-Created Hardship Trap)
- Conditional Use Permits: Approval Standards and Conditions
- Application, Hearing Practice, and Building the Record
- Appeals and Judicial Review in Brief
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for lawyers. Land use planners, developers, local government officials, and paralegals may also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Cory M. Rutz
is a shareholder with Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC in Denver, Colorado. She represents property owners and developers in the acquisition and entitlement of commercial, residential and industrial projects. Ms. Rutz's practice includes assisting clients with local government approval of annexations, subdivisions, rezonings and development agreements. Her recent work includes advising clients on incorporating various types of short-term rental uses into their properties. With joint degrees in law and urban planning, Ms. Rutz fundamentally understands the real-world challenges and implications of her clients'; work, and she focuses on offering pragmatic solutions aimed at accomplishing their individual goals. In addition to her land use practice, she works with clients on purchase and sale agreements, common interest community plans, construction contracts, public-private partnerships and related financing matters. Ms. Rutz's transactional work includes representing private landowners, real estate developers and corporate clients across the Front Range. She co-chairs the firm's Land Use and Real Estate Development Practice Group. Ms. Rutz teaches Planning Law and Institutions at the University of Colorado Denver School of Architecture and Planning, and serves on the board of directors for Urban Peak, a nonprofit that enables youth experiencing homelessness to access essential services- housing, healthcare, education, and job training- that lay the groundwork for lasting independence. She is a frequent writer and speaker at regional and national land use law conferences, is the immediate past chair of the Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association (APA), and also serves on the APA's Amicus Committee. Before starting law school, Ms. Rutz worked as a resin engineer for a global supplier of paints, coatings and other chemicals.
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