Designating Local Historic Landmarks and Districts
Preservation Commission Basics
More Planning and Permitting Aspects of Helene Recovery Legislation
Planning and Permitting Aspects of Helene Recovery Legislation
Adjusting Development Regulations for Disaster Recovery
Historic Preservation and Community Resilience in North Carolina
Constitutional Limits on Land Use Exactions in North Carolina
Schools and Development Regulations in North Carolina
Hit the Pause Button: Temporary Development Moratoria in North Carolina
Aimee Wall Named Dean of the UNC School of Government
On-Premises and Off-Premises Signs: An Update from the U.S. Supreme Court
Build-To-Rent Communities and Local Regulations in North Carolina
Short-Term Rental Regulations after Schroeder
Bona Fide Farms and Housing
Appeals of Administrative Development Decisions
Limits on Criminal Enforcement of Development Regulations
Enforcement of Development Regulations
Permit Choice Rule for Development Regulations
Administrative Minor Modifications of Development Approvals
Major Amendments to Approved Developments
Impermissible Considerations for Legislative Development Decisions
Considerations for Legislative Development Decisions
Procedures for Legislative Development Decisions
Types of Development Decisions
Comprehensive Plans and Land Use Plans Required for Zoning
Chapter 160D Deadlines and Transitions
Remote Zoning Hearings during Declared Emergencies
160D Extension, Maps by Reference, and Permit Extensions due to COVID-19
Remote Participation in Quasi-Judicial Evidentiary Hearings
Chapter 160D and Other Zoning Legislation
Syringe Exchange Programs and Land Use Zoning
Temporary Signs in the Right-of-Way
Temporary Housing and Zoning Amendments
Administering Development Regulations and Accounting for Permitting Fees
Tick Tock! The Clock Is Now Running for Zoning Enforcement
Statues and Statutes: Limits on Removing Monuments from Public Property
Subdivision Legislation: An Old Exemption and a New Expedited Review
Does the HB2 Repeal Limit Zoning Authority?
What is the “special character” of the historic district?
Reshaping Suburban Spaces
The Tortoise, the Hare, and Demolition in Historic Districts
Can the neighbor speak? Can the neighbor appeal? Standing and quasi-judicial hearings
Administrative Modifications in Subdivision and Zoning Ordinances
Interpreting the Zoning Ordinance
Making Sense of Subdivision
Subdivision Performance Guarantees: Legislative Changes
Sign Litigation: A Brief Analysis of Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Subdivision Performance Guarantees: A Little More Clarity
Building the Record for a Quasi-Judicial Decision
Can We Close That Old Street Right-of-Way?
Consistently Inconsistent? Considering Consistency Statements for Zoning Amendments
Subdivision Plat Approval: What type of decision is it?
Variance Standards: What is hardship? And when is it unnecessary?
Solar Farms and Solar Rooftops
Subdivision Performance Guarantees
Relinquishing Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction
Historic Preservation Commission Basics
Planning Board Basics (Old)
The Koontz Decision and Implications for Development Exactions
Determining and Distinguishing Land Uses
Exactions and Subdivision Approval
Who says I can’t rezone my rezoning?