Land Use Planning Program

The Land Use Planning Program is a statewide program that addresses a wide range of planning issues for Connecticut communities. Program topics range from Open Space Planning and Farmland Preservation to Economic Development. The program works closely with the NEMO Program, and is also the coordinator of the Connecticut Land Use Academy, a new effort of CLEAR that provides basic education to land use commissioners.

For more information contact Jim Gibbons, Community Planning Director, at (860) 345-4511 or email jim.gibbons@uconn.edu.

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Workshops Offered

1. Roles and Responsibilities of Local Land Use Commissions
2. Legal Procedures for Local Land Use Commissions
3. Reading Maps and Site Plan Review
4. Natural Resource Based Planning
5. Conducting a Community Resource Inventory
6. Preparing an Open Space Plan
7. Farmland Preservation
8. Keeping Animals in Residential Areas
9. Farm Stands
10. Working with Local Land Use Officials
11. Benefits of Trees and Forestland
12. Forestland Preservation
13. Watershed Planning
14. Planning for Greenways
15. Open Space Management
16. History of Open Space Protection
17. Preparing an Economic Development Plan
18. Commercial Development
19. Strip Commercial and Big Box Retail
20. Planning for Tourism
21. Preparing a Plan of Conservation and Development
22. Developing a Vision of Your Community’s Future
23. Zoning Regulations
24. Basic Elements of Zoning
25. Lot Size and Net-Buildable Area
26. Cluster Zoning and Conservation Subdivisions
27. Subdivision Regulations
28. Road and Driveway Design Standards and Stormwater Management
29. Dedication of Open Space and Fees-In-Lieu of Dedication
30. History of Land Use in Connecticut
31. Connecticut’s Changing Landscape
32. Smart Growth – Is It Right for Connecticut?
33. The Suburbs
34. Parking Lot Design and Stormwater Management
35. Development Standards
36. Key Factors Influencing Urban Development
37. Planning A Community Road Network (in progress)

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