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Principles for Planning Practice. This practical handbook explains eight constitutional principles and applies them to real-world planning situations. These statements of principles reflect consensus opinions, but the book also discusses points of dissent. It includes detailed summaries of more than fifty U.S. Supreme Court cases affecting land-use planning.
List of contents
Foreword , Introduction , Purpose , Focus , Organization and Special Features of Book , Overview of Legal Terms in Relation to Constitutional Principles , Constitutional Principles , Principle 1: Delegation of Power , Principle 2: Void for Vagueness , Principle 3: Procedural Due Process , Principle 4: Substantive Due Process , Principle 5: Equal Protection , Principle 6: Just Compensation (The Taking Clause) , Principle 7: Freedom of Speech , Principle 8: Freedom of Religion , Planner Problem Solving Areas , Discretionary Permitting , Downzoning , Specific Parcel Rezoning , Special Exception , Negotiated (Rezoning) Approvals , Development Exactions , Prohibition of Use(s) , Growth Phasing , Interim Land Use Controls (Moratoria) , Resource Protection , Regulation for Aesthetic Purposes , Amortization of Nonconforming Use(s) , Constitutional Analysis Tree , Purpose , Constitutional Analysis Tree , Synopsis of U.S. Supreme Court Cases , Introduction , Supreme Court Cases
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Brian W Blaesser, Alan C Weinstein
Summary
This practical handbook explains eight constitutional principles and applies them to real-world planning situations. These statements of principles reflect consensus opinions, but the book also discusses points of dissent. It includes detailed summaries of more than fifty U.S. Supreme Court cases affecting land-use planning.
