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1. Zoning Basics by Michael Chandler & Greg Dale, AICP
2. Zoning & Changing Lifestyles by Michael Chandler & Greg Dale, AICP
3. What's So Bad About Zoning? by Ed McMahon
4. Zoning Boards & Planning Commissions by Michael Chandler
5. Basics of Variances by Robert Widner, Esq.
6. Procedural Due Process in Practice by Dwight H. Merriam, Esq. & Robert J. Sitkowski, Esq.
7. Making Use of Overlay Zones by Elizabeth A. Garvin, Esq.
8. Overlay Zoning to Protect Surface Waters Zones by Joel S. Russell, Esq.
9. Planned Unit Developments by Mary McMaster, Esq.
10. Transfer of Development Rights by Rick Pruetz
11. Zoning Ordinances and "Free Speech" by Alan C. Weinstein, Esq.
12. Drafting Land Use Findings by Gary Kovacic, Esq., and Mary McMaster, Esq.
13. Understanding Spot Zoning by Robert C. Widner, Esq.
14. An Introduction to Subdivision Regulation by Martin L. Leitner, Esq. & Elizabeth A. Garvin, Esq.
15. Improving the Subdivision Review Process by Randall Arendt
16. Conservation Subdivision Design by Randall Arendt
17. Single-Family-Only Zones by Laurence C. Gerckens, AICP
18. Zoning Adult Entertainment Businesses by Terence Boga, Esq.
19. American Zoning & the Physical Isolation of Uses by Laurence C. Gerckens, AICP
20. Nonconforming Uses & Structures by Susan Connelly, Esq.
21. Special Permits: What They Are & How They Are Used by Neil Lindberg, Esq.
22. Legal Issues Facing Planning Commissions & Zoning Boards: A Roundtable Discussion with Carolyn Baldwin, Neil Lindberg, Charles Wolfe, & Richard Lehmann
23. Taking Aim at Takings Claims by Dwight Merriam, Esq.
24. How Far is Too Far? (also on "takings") by John Ronayne, Esq.
25. Performance Guarantees by R. Jeffrey Lyman, Esq.
26. Rethinking Conventional Zoning by Joel Russell, Esq.
27. Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaws by Michael von Hausen & Gloria Venczel