PLS 774 - Municipal Planning and Zoning

Credit Hours: 3

The purpose of this course is for students to gain a working knowledge of the legal nature, the administration, and the politics of major land-use regulatory powers exercised by local government. Municipal planning and zoning controls emphasized in this course are zoning codes, subdivision review, site plan review, building codes, and the exercise of eminent domain. Course will assess how combinations of these practices may be utilized in comprehensive growth management strategies, as well as in the negotiations for, and the implementation of, agreements for individual planned unit developments and for annexations of land to municipalities. Course will also relate these powers to urban planning practices including strategic and comprehensive planning.

Lecture Contact Hours: 3

Typically Offered: Demand