Sustainable Zoning and Development Controls


Atlanta
November 12–13, 2008

In this Planners Training Service workshop, you'll learn how communities around the country have written or amended land-use plans, zoning codes, subdivision regulations, and construction codes to achieve greater sustainability.


You'll learn:

  • Plan components that achieve sustainability
  • Zoning options that implement these components
  • Subdivision standards
  • Open space and natural resource conservation devices
  • Affordable housing to meet local housing needs
  • Connecting compact development and transportation services
  • Balancing growth and conservation strategies
  • Local building and energy code initiatives
  • Incorporating Energy Star and LEED energy standards into local practice
  • Project approval techniques, including conditions and their constitutionality
  • Avoiding regulatory takings challenges
  • How to conduct a green audit of local plans and laws
  • Strategic options that conform to local political realities
Sustainable Zoning

Presenters

Christopher DuerksenChristopher Duerksen is managing director of Clarion Associates of Colorado, LLC, a land use consulting firm. He has represented local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector in a variety of land-use and zoning matters and specializes in development code revisions, growth management planning, historic preservation, natural resource and scenic area protection strategies, airport-area development, and market development strategies. A co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, Duerksen has written and spoken extensively on land use issues in Colorado and nationally.

James Duncan, FAICPJames Duncan, FAICP, is one of the nation's leading urban planning and growth management practitioners. During his four-decade-long career, he has served more than 200 cities, counties, regions, and states, creating a series of award-winning comprehensive plans and development codes. He is a past president of APA, a former vice-chair of APA's Chapter Presidents Council, and the co-author of the APA Planners Press book Growth Management Principles & Practices.

Craig RichardsonCraig Richardson is a planner and lawyer with substantial national experience in implementing comprehensive plans, drafting development codes, developing growth management strategies, and planning capital facilities. As vice president of Clarion Associates, he directs the firm's North Carolina office and has served as a principal in the preparation of development codes for numerous cities and counties.


Certification Maintenance (CM)

The PTS workshops are approved for certification maintenance credits CM |14

Workshop agenda (pdf)

NOTE: The workshop agenda provided here is for informational purposes only. The agenda is tentative and subject to change at any time prior to the actual workshop. Finalized workshop agendas will only be provided to workshop registrants when they register with APA staff at the Planners Training Service in Atlanta.