Regulations | Planetizen Courses

Regulations dictate urban design and development at the local, state, and federal level. Planetizen Courses will bring you up to speed with a broad spectrum of regulations, from signage to cannabis businesses. Understand how to draft regulations and present them to policymakers and the public, as well as how regulatory systems govern planning decisions.

Regulations Courses

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Regulatory Implications of Tiny Homes

58 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A

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Prospects for Zoning Reform

96 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Parking Reform Made Easy

Richard Willson

72 Mins

AICP CM

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Complying With Federal Law in Regulating Telecommunications

67 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Daniel Parolek, Daniel K. Slone

85 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A

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The High Cost Of Minimum Parking Requirements

65 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Code Drafting and the Law

66 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Planning: The Comprehensive Plan

Eric Damian Kelly

56 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Lighting Regulations and Dark Sky Places

66 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Regulating Sex Businesses, Part 1: Principles and Foundations

Eric Damian Kelly

61 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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The YIMBY Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Planners

Mark Vallianatos

66 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Form-Based Codes 101: Citywide and Countywide Code Updates

Lisa Wise, Daniel Parolek, Mary Madden, Peter Park

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Parking Benefit Districts

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Legal Issues for Form-Based Codes

80 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Introduction to Planning: Implementation of the Plan

Eric Damian Kelly

38 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Building Bad, Part 1: How Architectural Utility is Constrained by Politics

Jonathan Ochshorn

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Regulating Sex Businesses, Part 2: Practical Tips

Eric Damian Kelly

62 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Incremental Code Reform: Enabling Better Places

Lynn Richards, Susan Henderson

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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The Story of Sprawl

163 Mins

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Resilience Planning for Wildfires

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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The DIY Form-Based Code: An Introduction

28 Mins

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Introduction to Planning: Zoning as an Implementation Tool

Eric Damian Kelly

50 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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U.S. Housing Policy: What Every Planner Needs to Know

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Defensible Sign Regulations

Eric Damian Kelly

63 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Top Regulations Instructors

Eric Damian Kelly

Eric Damian Kelly is a lawyer and planner with more than 35 years of experience working...

Daniel Parolek

Daniel Parolek is a nationally recognized thought leader in architecture, design, and urban planning, specifically in...

Norman Wright

Norman Wright is the Director of Neighborhood Services for Adams County, Colorado. In his career as...

Meredith Johnson

Meredith is the owner of Johnson Planning and Preservation LLC, a boutique firm that works to...

Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. His research...

Alan Weinstein

Alan Weinstein holds a joint faculty appointment at Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and...

Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey is one of the originators of the modern practice of Form-Based Codes. His work ranges...

Mary Madden

Mary Madden has nearly 20 years of experience in the fields of urban planning and design...

Christy Dodson

Christy is an Urban Designer at Code Studio, with a background in architecture and planning.

Malak Hakim

Malak Hakim is a nationally accredited urban planner.

James Carpentier

James Carpentier is State and Local Government Affairs Manager with the International Sign Association (ISA).

Lisa Wise

As a planner and Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Wise has 20 years of professional experience in...

Victor Dover

Victor Dover is a town planner and urban designer with 29 years of leadership in the...

Richard Willson

Richard Willson is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State...

Thomas Hawkins

Thomas Hawkins, a Florida licensed attorney, has represented parties on all sides of the planning and...

Lauren Dunning

Lauren Dunning is a lawyer and public health practitioner whose work has focused on developing strategies...

Tim Halbur

Tim Halbur is communications director for the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the leading organization...

Mark White

S. Mark White is recognized as an expert in zoning and planning/land use law.

Jennifer Raitt

Jennifer Raitt is the Executive Director of the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments. She has nearly...

Jonathan Ochshorn

Jonathan is a registered architect with an academic background in structural engineering and urban design as...

Lindsay Malbon

Lindsay is an urban lighting and dark sky educator. Her lighting research has been featured in...

Jenny Schuetz

Jenny is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and an expert in housing policy.

John Hersey

John is a planner with two decades of experience critically evaluating and advancing transit-oriented development as...

Michael Manville

Michael Manville is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

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All Regulations Courses

Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events

Instructor: Chris Holtkamp

Learn how cities can prepare their infrastructure and social services for heat waves and droughts in a warming world.

4.40

85 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

Resilience Planning for Floods

Instructor: Chris Holtkamp

This course builds on the "Introduction to Resilience Planning" course and uses the approach presented there as the framework for addressing flood threats in communities.

4.51

69 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

Measuring Neighborhood Segregation and Diversity

Instructor: Emily Talen

This course reviews the various ways to measure both segregation and diversity at the neighborhood scale.

4.17

56 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM

CNU-A