Land Use Law Update
Channel: APA National Capital Area Chapter
Date: 2021-11-18

This session reviews recent developments in land use law that impacts land use planners in the National Capital Region. Recent caselaw, within the past 10 years or less, forms the focus of the session, but recent legislation will also be reviewed. United States Supreme Court cases and other federal court cases in recent years have dramatically changed the planner's approach to sign ordinances. In addition, several regulatory takings cases impact how planning regulations should be approached. Federal courts have also weighed in on issues related to the Federal Telecommunications Act (including small cells), the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), and other First Amendment issues.
In state courts and state legislatures, tiny homes, open government laws, short term rentals and dilapidated and abandoned properties have been issues of note. COVID-19 impacts many of these issues, and the legal issues arising from COVID-19 will be discussed.