Selected agricultural uses are evolving into large scale industrial activities, with substantial effects to neighboring areas through dust, noise, and odor. Federal, state, and local actions to balance intense agriculture with the needs of the community are examined. This general session reviews the options available, such as conditional uses and variances, that permit regulatory bodies to allow development to proceed when strict application of the law would unduly burden the property. The latest takings case before the U.S. Supreme Court will be decided before this course of study begins. Faculty members who spend a good portion of their practice dealing with the approval process discuss key practice pointers that will help make registrants more effective in representing the array of clients involved in planning and development approval activities.
Checklists are an important part of the presentations.
Time is set aside throughout the program for faculty interaction and to address written questions submitted by the registrants. And, as in the past, faculty members address specific questions submitted in advance by the registrants. A two-volume set of specially prepared study outlines and related material will be distributed at the course site. To ensure that study materials are as timely as possible, books generally are not printed until immediately before the program, and thus are not usually available in advance of the course for which they are prepared. Registrations will be accepted at the door if space is available, but please call in advance to avoid disappointment.