KY Specific

Real Estate

Kentucky Land Use and Zoning From Start to Finish

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 59 minutes
Henry Watson
Andrew Videkovich
F. Keith Brown
Austin Tinsley
With Henry Watson III from Watson Law Firm, PLLC + 3 others
Recorded February 27, 2025
Product ID 99692

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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

  1. Land Use and Zoning Fundamentals, Case Law, and Legal Update
  2. Navigating the Land Use Approval Process
  3. Variances and Conditional Use Permits: Proving/Disproving Unique Conditions
  4. Zoning Ordinance and Map Amendments: Proving Necessary Criteria
  5. Challenging/Defending the Constitutionality of Zoning and Land Use Actions
  6. Appealing Zoning Decisions: Local, Regional, and State Considerations
  7. Short-Term Rentals: Navigating Uncharted Waters of Airbnb and Vrbo Zoning and Land Use Issues
  8. Ethics in Zoning and Land Use Law

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Product ID 99692

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Land Use and Zoning Fundamentals, Case Law, and Legal Update

    1. Land Use vs. Zoning
    2. How the Approval Process Works: A Brief Overview
    3. The Scope of Zoning Board Authority
    4. Vested Rights, Estoppel, and Moratoria
    5. Regulatory Framework: State Building Code, Comprehensive Plans, Local Ordinances, and More
    6. Current Case Law and Legislative Updates

  2. Navigating the Land Use Approval Process

    1. Determining Where the Decision Authority Lies
    2. Aligning with Comprehensive Plans, Subdivision Regulations, etc.
    3. The Application: Complete Checklist of Information to Include
    4. The Permitting Process Walkthrough
    5. Following the Environmental Review Process
    6. Open Meeting Laws and Practical Tips

  3. Variances and Conditional Use Permits: Proving/Disproving Unique Conditions

    1. Complying with Requirements: Conditional Uses vs. Variances
    2. Unique Circumstances or Conditions: Providing Supporting Evidence
    3. Disproving Detriments to Neighbors, the Public, etc.
    4. Navigating Conditional Use Review Process
    5. Proving/Disproving Conditions are Unreasonable
    6. Preventing and Addressing Conditional Use Violations

  4. Zoning Ordinance and Map Amendments: Proving Necessary Criteria

    1. Compatibility with Surrounding Property Use
    2. Ensuring Adequate Public Services
    3. Comprehensive Plan Compatibility
    4. Proving Other Criteria

  5. Challenging/Defending the Constitutionality of Zoning and Land Use Actions

    1. Takings Without Just Compensation
    2. Due Process Challenges
    3. Equal Protection Challenges
    4. Property Rights and Limitations on Police Power

  6. Appealing Zoning Decisions: Local, Regional, and State Considerations

    1. The Appeals Process Step-by-Step
    2. Obtaining Judicial Review of a Local Decision
    3. Using Litigation to Resolve a Zoning Case
    4. Specific Tips for Resolving Top Zoning Issues

  7. Short-Term Rentals: Navigating Uncharted Waters of Airbnb and Vrbo Zoning and Land Use Issues

    1. When are Short-Term Rentals Commercial Properties?
    2. Short-Term Rental Ordinances: What Works, What Doesn't, and What Leads to Lawsuits
    3. Enforcing Short-Term Rental Laws and Violations: Top Issues and Challenges
    4. Challenging Local Short-Term Rental Laws: Key Lessons From the Front Lines
    5. Apartments and Short-Term Rentals: Critical Landlord and Tenant Concerns
    6. The Short-Term Rental Industry: Current Issues and Legal Updates

  8. Ethics in Zoning and Land Use Law

    1. Ethical Issues Unique to the Planning and Zoning Arena
    2. Adhering to the Rules of Professional Conduct and Avoiding Legal Malpractice
    3. Identifying and Preventing Conflicts of Interest
    4. 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

Henry Watson III
Henry
Watson, III
Watson Law Firm, PLLC
Andrew Videkovich
Andrew
Videkovich
Planning and Development Services of Kenton County
F. Keith Brown
F. Keith
Brown
Pike Legal Group
Austin M Tinsley
Austin M.
Tinsley
Strauss Troy Co. LPA
Speaker bio
Henry Watson III

Henry Watson, III

Watson Law Firm, PLLC
Henry Watson

practices in Paris, Kentucky with his son Patrick, at Watson Law Firm, PLLC. Their practice includes local government, land use and development, general litigation, real estate, and banking. Mr. Watson has served as an adjunct professor at Eastern Kentucky University and earned his B.A. and J.D degrees from the University of Kentucky. He is admitted to all Kentucky and federal courts pertaining to the Commonwealth, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Watson's other career was as a U.S. Army Reserve Officer, serving in Airborne Infantry, Light Infantry, Military Intelligence, Special Forces, Special Operations, and the DOD; and was a U.S. Army War College Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, retiring as a Colonel in 1999.

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Andrew Videkovich

Andrew Videkovich

Planning and Development Services of Kenton County
Andrew Videkovich

is current planning manager with the Planning and Development Services of Kenton County (PDS), where he analyzes economic, environmental, social, and physical factors affecting land use decisions; assists in the preparation and update of comprehensive plans; and manages zoning code updates. Mr. Videkovich has worked as a planner in the public sector for twenty years, and has worked extensively with the public, planning commissions, and elected officials. Prior to joining PDS, he was a land use planner for the St. Joseph County Area Planning Commission in South Bend, Indiana. Mr. Videkovich earned his Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati.

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F. Keith Brown

F. Keith Brown

Pike Legal Group
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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Austin M Tinsley

Austin M. Tinsley

Strauss Troy Co. LPA
Austin Tinsley

is an attorney at Strauss Troy Co. LPA. He focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate transactions, the development of condominiums and planned communities, leasing, financing, general corporate and business law, and non-patent intellectual property. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2022 and is licensed to practice law in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. During law school, Austin worked with the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic (ECDC) and Patent and Trademark Clinic (PTC) at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he developed a passion for helping small business owners in the Cincinnati community navigate through issues such as entity formation, business agreements, and intellectual property matters such as trademark registration and copyright and data protection.

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