| Contents |
Introduction -- Framework for decision making -- Evolution of government regulation of development -- authority for local regulation of development -- Geographic jurisdiction for land-development regulation -- Zoning ordinances -- Subdivision ordinances -- Building and housing codes -- Growth-management regulations -- Environmental regulations -- Adoption, amendment, and repeal of land use regulatory ordinances -- Spot zoning -- Contract and conditional zoning -- Quasi-judicial land use regulatory decisions -- Quasi-judicial procedures -- Special use permits -- Variances -- Appealing staff determinations, certificates of appropriateness, and interpretations of ordinances -- Vested rights -- Nonconformities -- Administration and enforcement -- State statutory limitations on land use regulatory discretion -- Federal statutory limitations on land use regulatory discretion -- Takings -- Due process and equal protection -- Regulation of adult businesses -- Regulation of religious land uses -- Regulation of signs -- Judicial review -- Appendices. |
