Planning Mistakes: Assessing, Learning, Adapting (Pelham)
Community Room @ Shelby County Services Building 1134 County Services Drive, 2nd Floor, Pelham, AL, United StatesEveryone makes them. But how do you address mistakes and learn from them? A panel of veteran planners working in a variety of settings discuss a common workplace problem and how they have addressed the issue. Learn how the fundamental issue of how you handle mistakes shapes you, your professional life, and your efficacy as a planner. How do you handle the public fallout and how can you turn mistakes into something beneficial? Find out.
The Legal Foundation for Planning and Zoning in Alabama
Alexander City - City Hall 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL, United StatesThe purpose of this workshop is to provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama.
Powers, Duties, & Responsibilities of Planning Commissions and Boards of Adjustment
Alexander City - City Hall 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL, United StatesWhat you will learn:
- The legal authority and responsibility under Alabama law for planning commission and board of adjustment members - what each can do and cannot do.
- Where the planning commissions' authority ends and the board of adjustment's authority begins; the relationship between the city council and the planning commission.
- How the law says an aggrieved party can appeal a determination by boards of adjustment, building inspector, etc.
Comprehensive Planning: How to Prepare, Update, & Implement Your Plan
Alexander City - City Hall 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL, United StatesWhen your city decides to create a planning commission, enabling legislation in Alabama states that your commission must prepare a master or comprehensive plan. Therefore, preparing and adopting a master plan is a mandatory requirement, not an option.