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1. Analyze the Land Subdivision Process
2. Understand the Development and Utilization of the Comprehensive Plan
3. Be Alert to the Legal and Practical Considerations of Annexation
4. Stay on Top of Environmental Considerations
5. Take A Comprehensive Look at Land Use Law
6. Ethics in Land Use

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1. ANALYZE THE LAND SUBDIVISION PROCESS
   9:00 - 10:00, Jonathan Baker
   1. How City, County and Township Platting Processes Work
   2. When Lot Splits and Industrial Lands Are Exempt
   3. Avoid Prohibited Land Division
   4. Rules Applying to Inspections, Dedications and Vacations
   5. Private or Public Streets? Which Choice and When?
   6. When Can Extraterritoriality Be Invoked
   7. The Powers and Processes of Planning Commissions: City vs. County vs. Regional
   8. When Subdivision Is Not Zoning and Vice Versa
   9. What to Do When the Land Use Regulation Is in the “Gray Area” and Approval Is Denied
   10. Design Subdivision Regulations the Old Fashioned Way
   11. Get Up to Speed on the New Urbanism and Subdivision Regulations
   12. Review New Case Histories Involving Local Subdivisions
2. UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
   10:15 - 11:15, Jonathan Baker
   1. Definition of a Comprehensive Plan
   2. Key Components of a Comprehensive Plan
   3. How Comprehensive Plans for City, County and Township Differ
   4. What Is the Basis for Land Use Control? A Policy, Map, or No Plan At All?
   5. The Importance of Consistency Within the Plan
   6. Procedures for the Adoption and Amendment of the Plan
   7. How the Plan Is Implemented
   8. Tips for Working Within - and Outside - the Plan
3. BE ALERT TO THE LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF ANNEXATION
   11:15 - 12:15, F. Keith Brown
   1. Update on Key Issues in Annexation Law
   2. Get It Right the First Time – Understand Filing Requirements
   3. How County Commissioners Impact Annexation Decisions
   4. How to Request a Review by the Courts
   5. Successful and Unsuccessful Challenges to Annexation
   6. What Does Contiguity Mean? How Does it Apply?
   7. How the General Good of the Territory Is Determined
   8. How Mergers, Detachment, Incorporation and Local Government Changes Impact Annexation
   9. What Happens to Pre-Annexation Agreements
   10. What You May Not Know About Joint Economic Developments
   11. Review of Current Annexation Case Law and How it Applies
4. STAY ON TOP OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
   1:15 - 2:15, James T. Lobb
5. TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT LAND USE LAW
   2:30 - 3:30, F. Keith Brown
   1. Who Has the Power to Zone? How Does It Affect You?
   2. The Ins and Outs of Board of Zoning Appeals
   3. Ubiquitous Manufactured Housing: Implications for Your Community
   4. What Quasi-Judicial Decisions Usually Involve
   5. Navigating the Appeal Process
   6. What is Environmentally Driven Zoning Law?
   7. Determine the Impact of Current Land Use Law
6. ETHICS IN LAND USE
   3:30 - 4:30, Henry Watson III
   1. Code of Professional Responsibility
   2. Land Use Decisions for the Public Good
   3. Duty to Protect the Environment
   4. Ex Parte Contacts
   5. Conflicts of Interest

JONATHAN BAKER is an attorney in the Louisville Metro Government County Attorney's Office, where he has represented and advised the Louisville Metro Council, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Adjustment and various other agencies on zoning and land use issues since 2003. Mr. Baker earned his B.A. degree from James Madison University and his J.D/M.B.A. joint degree from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association.

F. KEITH BROWN is an attorney in the Shepherdsville law firm of Pike Legal Group, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of zoning, planning, land use, real estate, environmental law, administrative law, business and corporate law, land development and wireless telecommunications. He is a past speaker on real estate related issues for various professional associations. Mr. Brown earned his B.S. degree from Murray State University, his M.B.A. degree from Indiana University at Bloomington and his J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky. He is admitted to practice in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Indiana.

JAMES T. LOBB is an attorney with Weber & Rose, PSC. He has been practicing real estate law for more than 29 years, primarily in the areas of real estate development, lending, closings, subdivision and condominium development, and real estate tax deferred exchanges. Mr. Lobb graduated, with high distinction, from the Honors Program at the University of Kentucky and earned his law degree from the University of Georgia. He is a frequent lecturer at business and legal seminars, dealing extensively with boundary issues, surveys, easements, and adverse possession law, as well as title search, title insurance, real estate tax deferred exchanges, and other real estate topics. Mr. Lobb is the author of the Business Organization Chapters of Kentucky Methods of Practice (1991-1998) and the University of Kentucky's Boundary Law In Kentucky (2003,) training materials for Kentucky lawyers. He speaks frequently at legal seminars. Kentucky Monthly named him as a Kentucky Super Lawyer in the practice of real estate law in 2007-2011, Louisville Magazine named him as a Top Lawyer in 2008-2011, and Chambers USA listed him in 2007-2011 as one of their notable Kentucky real estate practitioners. Mr. Lobb has been selected for inclusion in the 2010-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of real estate law in Kentucky.

HENRY WATSON III is a sole practitioner in Paris, Kentucky, where he practices in the areas of local government, general litigation, and land use and development. Mr. Watson was an adjunct professor at Eastern Kentucky University. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky. Mr. Watson is a member of the American and Kentucky bar associations.

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