CORE PROGRAMS 

Basics of Planning and Zoning

Faculty: Bob Lockyear, Richard Thompson and Eric Hedtke

April 19 - St. Paul
April 23 - Little Falls
May 29 - St. Paul
9:00 am - 4:30 pm (check-in 8:30 am)

Audience: For those new to land use planning or interested in an extensive review of fundamentals.

This workshop covers the nuts and bolts of planning, zoning and subdivision regulation. Participants learn where they fit into the planning and zoning process, and how to maximize their impact. Among topics to be addressed are:

• The history, the process, the results
  
• Implementation, exercising authority, zoning/subdivision ordinances, amendments, permits, enforcement
  
• Planning, zoning and subdivision laws, legal limitations, avoiding litigation, “due process,” conducting a proper public hearing, recording your findings
  
• Who participates in the planning & zoning process; YOUR role, responsibilities and opportunities
  
• Hands-on simulations of actual planning and zoning dilemmas
  
• Hot Issues, answers to your questions

Approved for 6.0 hours of Continuing Real Estate Education Credit.

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