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Tip : A Good Planning Source for Typical Communities
Posted: 1/31/08 :: By: Neil Erwin
For a planning site that is low in jargon and high in connecting similar places, try out Planning Commissioners Journal, www.plannersweb.com. ...
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Tip : For Variances and Special Permits by Boards of Adjustment, think Standards
Posted: 1/21/08 :: By: Neil Erwin
Boards of adjustment run a serious risk of having their decisions overturned if the decision-making lacks adopted standards, or if applications similar in fact are treated inconsistently. ...
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Tip : Start with a Future Land Use Plan
Posted: 1/13/08 :: By: Neil Erwin
Common sense calls for a legal consensus: zoning regulations should be based, at the least, on a future land use plan (a component of a comprehensive master plan)....
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Tip : For Master Planning, Follow the Expert's Checklist
Posted: 12/29/07 :: By: Neil Erwin
Paul Farmer, APA and AICP head, advises that "resources will always be insufficient, so use them wisely." That means good community master planning, which, he says, enhances investor confidence....
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Tip : Commissioner Training a Legal Requirement
Posted: 12/11/07 :: By: Neil Erwin
All members of Louisiana municipal and parish planning/zoning commissions and boards of adjustment appointed on or after July 12, 2004, MUST receive at least 4 hours of training in the duties, responsibilities, ethics, and substance of their positions (La. R.S. 33:103.1, effective July, 2004). The deadline for completion of training is one year after appointment....
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