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UP408 : Law and Planning
Spring 2008

Schedule


Date   Cases - Topics
15-Jan
Tues		   Course Overview
  • Sources of Land Use Law
  • The Police Powers
– Review of Case Method
     
17-Jan
Thurs
pp. 1-18		   Nuisance Law and Early Land Use Cases
  1. Bove v. Donner-Hanna Coke Corporation
  2. Hadacheck v. Sebastian
  3. Welch v. Swasey - Handout
     
22-Jan
Tues
pp. 19-45		   Local Zoning- Early Cases –
  1. Euclid v. Ambler Realty
  2. Nectow v. City of  Cambridge
  3. Udell v. Haas
     
24-Jan
Thurs
pp. 45-65		   Standard Zoning Enabling Act-
Zoning Districts-
  1. Standard Zoning Enabling Act of 1926 - Handout
  2. Pierro v. Baxendale
  3. Manalapan Realty v. Township Committee
     
29-Jan
Tues
pp. 65-96		   Principal and Accessory Uses -Zoning Administration - Amendments – Exceptions
  1. Accessory uses- Home Occupations
  2. Rumson Estates, Inc. v. Fair Haven
  3. Bartram v. Zoning Commission of City of Bridgeport
  4. Fasano v. Board of County Commissioners
     
31-Jan
Thurs
pp. 96-108		   Amendments – Exceptions - Contract Zoning
  1. LaSalle National Bank v. County of Cook – Handout
  2. Gorham v. Town of Cape Elizabeth
  3. Cederberg v. City of  Rockford
     
5-Feb
Tues
pp. 108-135		   Conditional Zoning – Nonconforming Uses –
  1. Goffinet v. County of Christian
  2. Tobanga Association for a Scenic Community v. County of Los Angeles
  3. City of Los Angeles v. Gage
     
7-Feb
Thurs		   Exam
     
12-Feb
Tues
pp. 135-179		   Vested Rights - Development Agreements
  1. Avco Community Developers, Inc. v. South Coast Regional Commission
  2. County of Kauai v. Pacific Standard Live Insurance
  3. Santa Margarita Area Residents Together v. County of San Luis Obispo
     
14-Feb
Thurs
pp. 170-218		   Planned Unit Developments – Subdivision Controls
  1. Evans v. Teton County
  2. Gardner v. County of Sonoma
  3. Youngblood v. Board of Supervisors of San Diego County
     
19-Feb
Tues
pp. 218-231		   Subdivision Controls and Jurisdictional Issues
  1. Brous v. Smith
  2. Palm Beach County v. Wright
  3. City of Springfield v. Judith Jones Dietsch Trust and Village of Chatham
    - Handout
     
21-Feb
Thurs
pp. 231-278		   Financing of Capital Facilities
  1. Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
  2. Dolan v. City of Tigard
  3. Vousia County v. Aberdeen At Ormond Beach
     
26-Feb
Tues
pp. 283-385;
295-332		   Constitutional Limits on Land Use Controls – Takings under the 5th Amendment
  1. Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
  2. Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon
  3. Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York
     
4-Mar
Tues		   Exam
     
11-March
Tues
pp. 332-381		   Takings cont.
  1. Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
  2. Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
     
13-Mar
Thurs
pp. 381-405		   Takings cont. and Substantive Due Process
  1. First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles (Handout)
  2. Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City
  3. Marks v. City of Chesapeake
  4. Lingle v. Chevron - Handout
     
17-Mar   Spring Break Week
     
25-Mar
Tues
pp. 405-419		   Procedural Due Process / Equal Protection and Civil Rights Act
  1. Klaeren v. Village of Lisle - Handout
  2. Village of Willowbrook v. Olech
  3. Kaahumanu v. County of Maui
     
27-Mar
Thurs
pp. 419-462		   1st Amendment Constraints on Land Use Regulations
  1. City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
  2. City of Ladue v. Gilleo
  3. Civil Liberties for Urban Believers v. City of Chicago
     
1-Apr
Tues
pp. 463-476;
500-534		   The Role of the Comprehensive Plan - Historic Preservation- Aesthetics in Land Use Law
  1. Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County v. Snyder
  2. A-S-P Associates v. City of Raleigh
  3. Reid v. Architectural Board of Review of City of Cleveland Heights
     
3-Apr
Thur		   Exam
     
8- Apr
Tues
pp. 534-585 		  Exclusionary and Inclusionary Zoning
  1. Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mt. Laurel
  2. Home Builders Association of Northern California v. City of Napa
  3. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation
  4. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation v. City of Cuyahoga Falls
     
10-Apr
Thur
pp. 585-605		   Regulating Nontraditional Living Arrangements
  1. Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas
  2. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center
  3. City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.
     
15- Apr
Tues
pp. 286-295		   The Power of Eminent Domain
  1. Berman v. Parker – Handout
  2. Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
  3. Public Use- Does County of Wayne v. Hatchcock Signal a Revival of the Public Use Limit to the Taking of Private Property? Handout
     
17- Apr
Thurs
pp. 605-632		   Eminent Domain cont.
  1. Kelo v. City of New London – Handout
  2. Southwestern Illinois Development Authority v. National City
  3. Department of Transportation v. Fortune Federal Savings and Loan Association
  4. Illinois Eminent Domain Act - Handout
     
22-Apr
Tues
pp. 632-676		   Tax Increment Financing and Enterprise Zones
  1. Moore v. City of Detroit
  2. Board of Education, Pleasantdale School District No. 107 v. Village of Burr Ridge – Handout
  3. Board of Education of Community High School District No. 218 v. Village of Robbins  - Handout
     
24- Apr
Thurs
pp. 354-379;
677-713		   Changing from Sprawl to  Smart Growth
  1. Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  2. Golden v. Planning Board of Town of Ramapo
     
29- Apr
Tues
pp. 713-769		   From Sprawl to Smart Growth cont.
  1. Construction Industry Association of Sonoma  County v. City of Petaluma
  2. Thompson v. Hancock County
  3. Borel v. Contra Costa County
     
24-Apr
Thurs
pp. 770-805		   State and Regional Systems of Land Management and Control
  1. Town v. Land Use  Commission
  2. Neighborhood Board v. State Land Use Commission
  3. 1000 Friends of Oregon v. Land Conservation and Development Commission, Lane County
  4. Baker v. Marion County
     
29- Apr
Tues
pp. 833-863		   Controlling the Use of Ecologically Sensitive Lands
  1. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
  2. City of Trenton v. Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Insurance Administration
  3. New Mexico Cattle Growers Association v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
     
Finals   Exam

 

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