Sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association Planning and Zoning Section
The future of Connecticut’s communities will be shaped by its land use laws and regulations. Developers, neighbors, and preservationists all collide before municipal land use boards and commissions, advocating their particular interests and approaches. Each commission member regularly has to make critical decisions, all within the context of complicated statutory and case law.
This introductory level course will focus on topics of immediate concern to all municipal land use agencies, boards, commissions, and their staffs. The topics reflect both timely and practical situations, confronting participants at every level of the municipal land use process. This course will also provide a broad review of the municipal land use process, including zoning, planning, zoning board of appeals, and wetlands issues.
Members of municipal land use agencies, boards, and commissions, as well as municipal planners, enforcement officers, and engineers will benefit from this full day course.
9:00 a.m. – Welcome
Atty. Eric Bernheim, Westport
Atty. Dorian Famiglietti, Vernon
Co-chairs, CBA Planning and Zoning Section
9:10 a.m. – Planning Commissions
Atty. Amy E. Souchuns, Milford
9:40 a.m. – Zoning Commissions
Atty. David M. Royston, Old Saybrook
10:20 a.m. – Non-conforming Uses
Atty. Christopher J. Smith, Hartford
10:50 a.m. – Special Permit and Site Plan Review
Atty. Brian R. Smith, Hartford
11:20 a.m. – Zoning Board of Appeals
Atty. Dorian R. Famiglietti, Vernon
12:00 p.m. – The 2020 ZiPLeR Awards
Atty. Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, CRE, Weatogue
12:30 p.m. – Wetlands Law and Procedure
Atty. Michael A. Zizka, Hartford
1:00 p.m. – Conflict of Interest and Predisposition
Atty. Richard P. Roberts, Hartford
1:30 p.m. – Procedural Issues in the Municipal Land Use Process
Atty. Peter S. Olson, Bethel
2:10 p.m. – Affordable Housing: The Municipal Perspective
Atty. Ira W. Bloom, Westport
2:40 p.m. – Things to Watch out For: Fair Housing Act,
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Atty. Marjorie F. Shansky, New Haven
3:10 p.m. – Enforcement
Atty. Charles R. Andres, New Haven
3:40 p.m. – Environmental Interventions
Atty. Janet P. Brooks, East Berlin
4:10 p.m. – Questions
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