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The Future of Cities After COVID-19

The Future of Cities After COVID-19

Instructor: James Brasuell

This virtual panel discussion focuses on the potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to influence the development, demographic, and environmental trends of the future. Speakers: Allison Arieff, William Fulton, Scott Frazier, and Mariela Alfonzo. Moderator: James Brasuell.

57 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Free
The YIMBY Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Planners

The YIMBY Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Planners

Instructor: Mark Vallianatos

Yes In My Back Yard, most commonly referred to as YIMBY, is a grassroots social movement advocating for an increase in housing development at the regional, city, and neighborhood levels. This course examines YIMBY organizational structures and the roots, goals, setbacks, successes, and tactics of the movement.

66 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course explains the menu of contemporary approaches to modifying or adding to transportation capacity. It provides examples of capacity responses to regional mobility for commuters and local accessibility for communities.

63 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)

Introduction to City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)

Instructor: Jason Luger

Discover the impact of World War II and the Cold War in shaping city planning practices and how the tragic destruction and loss of life in World War II somehow created opportunities for planners to test new ideas.

64 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Storytelling for Planners

Storytelling for Planners

Instructor: Andy Boenau

This course will teach planners how to adapt proven storytelling methods employed by creative artists for centuries. We will cover the storytelling applications to analog and digital outreach methods.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Regulatory Implications of Tiny Homes

Regulatory Implications of Tiny Homes

Instructor: Malak Hakim

In this course we will define a tiny home and explore the history and appeal of this seemingly recent movement. The course touches on challenges associated with the legal development and regulation of this alternative residential option.

58 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Regulating Electronic Message Centers

Regulating Electronic Message Centers

Instructor: James Carpentier

This course provides practical, solution-focused guidance for regulations that leverage digital sign technology while protecting community aesthetic values and safety concerns. This course is available for free.

49 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Free
Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will take planners through a case study multi-family property valuation. The course will build upon previous course topics of time discounting, internal rate of return, net operating income, lease structures, debt payments, and risk assessment.

67 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Instructor: Daniel Parolek

This course explores the legal issues of creating and using a form-based code.

85 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Defensible Sign Regulations

Defensible Sign Regulations

Instructor: Eric Damian Kelly

Communities regulate the characteristics of signs to achieve multiple goals, such as limiting driver distraction, maintaining the aesthetic character of the community, and implementing aspects of related plans. This course will show participants how to draft—and adopt—sign ordinances that accomplish those purposes while conforming with the First Amendment.

63 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Regulating Sex Businesses, Part 2: Practical Tips

Regulating Sex Businesses, Part 2: Practical Tips

Instructor: Eric Damian Kelly

This course will provide practical tips for developing local zoning and licensing regulations for sexually oriented businesses. This course builds on material from Part 1 of this two-part series.

62 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Regulating Sex Businesses, Part 1: Principles and Foundations

Regulating Sex Businesses, Part 1: Principles and Foundations

Instructor: Eric Damian Kelly

This course shows how to lay the foundation for ordinances that mitigate the negative effects of sex businesses while conforming with constitutional requirements under the First Amendment.

61 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Planning and the Law: Procedural Due Process

Planning and the Law: Procedural Due Process

Instructor: Thomas Hawkins

The United States Constitution protects rights to "due process." In a land use law context, due process is why local governments must treat legislative and quasi-judicial decision making differently. At the end of this course, students will be able to differentiate between legislative and quasi-judicial decisions and to understand the due process implications of the distinction.

69 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Planning and the Law: The Takings Clause

Planning and the Law: The Takings Clause

Instructor: Thomas Hawkins

This course will help students understand and explore three legal concepts borne of the United States Constitution's Takings Clause: eminent domain, regulatory takings, and exactions. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify whether a particular government action is at risk of violating the Takings Clause.

69 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Production Facilities

Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Production Facilities

Instructor: Lauren Dunning

This course examines the role for planning in addressing various forms of urban agriculture as well as many examples from around the country of the statutes, policy, and practices implementing interventions in food production at urban scales.

43 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Retail Facilities

Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Retail Facilities

Instructor: Lauren Dunning

This course introduces information from legal and public health perspectives on the retail side of food systems entities, such as farmers markets, grocery stores, and mobile vending.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
AutoCAD for Site Planning

AutoCAD for Site Planning

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

This course establishes a workflow for an illustrative site plan, including how to represent existing conditions and create detailed plans for specific areas within a larger project. Building on AutoCAD 101, learn to draw  more complex plans using aerial imagery, photography, and hand-drawn sketches as the base layer.

74 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Ethics: Balancing a Business Friendly Planning Environment

Ethics: Balancing a Business Friendly Planning Environment

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

Over the past few decades and increasingly over the past several years, the private sector, led by developers, has increasingly courted, conflicted and collaborated with planning departments amid shrinking budgets. As business interests engage and influence public agencies and planning strategy, the role of ethics is of increasing importance for the practicing planner. This is the first of a two-part series that evaluates and analyses the role of planners, from public window staff to department heads, in an increasingly business-friendly environment.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Code Drafting and the Law

Code Drafting and the Law

Instructor: Mark White

In our complex legal society, understanding the basis of planning law and governing legislation is a must. The course begins with the building blocks of understanding codes, and goes on to explore how statutory authority and constitutional issues impact your everyday decisions. It concludes with a discussion of contemporary legal, quasi-legal and administrative practices. 

66 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Ethics: Balancing a Business Friendly Planning Environment, Part 2

Ethics: Balancing a Business Friendly Planning Environment, Part 2

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

Over the past several years, the private sector, led by developers, has increasingly courted, conflicted and collaborated with planning departments amid shrinking budgets. As business interests engage and influence public agencies and planning strategy, the role of ethics is of increasing importance for the practicing planner. This is the second of a two-part series that evaluates and analyses the role of planners, from public window staff to department heads, in an increasingly business-friendly environment.

56 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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