Professor of Law
The Law of Zoning and Planning is the leading zoning and land development law treatise for attorneys in this country. The most frequently cited and quoted work in the field, this five -volume loose-leaf treatise prepared by nationally recognized legal authority Professor Edward Ziegler offers unparalleled coverage and analysis of current legal doctrine as well as emerging issues and trends in the law. This treatise is updated quarterly and is relied on by the United States Supreme Court as well as trial and state appellate courts throughout the country.
SELECTED TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
Background of Police Power and Zoning Regulation
Constitutional and Legislative Limitations on Zoning
Zoning and Due Process
Zoning, Discrimination, and Equal Protection
Presumptions Affecting and Construction of Zoning Ordinances
Land Use Regulation Invalid if Confiscatory
Floodplain and Wetland Regulation
Municipal Regulation of Hazardous Waste and Protection of Groundwater
Environmental Impact Review Zoning Districts
Enactment of Zoning Ordinances: Statutory Referral, Notice, Hearing Meeting, and
Publication Requirements
Interim Zoning and Building Moratoria
Comprehensive Plan Requirements and Consistency Doctrine
Growth Management: Integrating Planning, Regulation, and Infrastructure Controls
Zoning to Achieve Aesthetic Objectives
Regulation of Signs and Billboards
Historic Preservation Law
VOLUME TWO
Exclusionary Zoning
Single-Family Zoning and Alternative Residential Uses and Living Arrangements
Sex Businesses, Bars, Arcades, and Headshops
Fair Housing
Clubs and Clubhouses
Mobile Homes and Manufactured Homes
Zoning of Religious and Educational Uses
Passage of Zoning Measures: Voting Requirements, Ex Parte Contacts, Bias, and
Conflicts of Interest
Zoning and Accessory Uses
Restrictions Affecting Gasoline Service Stations
Extraterritorial, Regional, and State Land Use Control
Rezonings: Effect on Pending Litigation
Rezoning Procedures
Rezonings: Substantive Validity and Standards of Judicial Review
Rezonings: Spot Zoning
Rezonings: “Change or Mistake” Rule
Rezonings: Protest and Consent Provisions
Rezoning With Conditions, Contract and Conditional Rezoning, and Development
Agreements
VOLUME THREE
Powers of Planning Commissions and Planning Boards
State Preemption of Local Regulation Substandard Lots
Official Map and Its Consequences
Regulation of Lot Area, Building Height, Lot Coverage, Density, and Yards
Actions for Declaratory Judgment
Declaratory Judgments in Zoning Actions
The Board of Appeals, Its Purposes, Powers, and Procedures
Variances
Validity and Enforcement of Site- Specific Zoning Conditions
Specially Permitted and Conditional Uses
Judicial Review of Decisions of Boards of Appeal and Other Zoning Administrative
Bodies
Standing
Mandamus
VOLUME FOUR
Enforcement of Zoning and Land Use Laws
Money Damages and Other Remedies for Wrongful Land Use Regulation
Anatomy of Zoning Litigation
Finality of Zoning Decisions
Building Permits
Vested Rights
Protection and Continuance of Nonconforming Uses and Structures
Regulation and Restriction of Nonconforming Uses and Structures
Termination and Amortization of Nonconforming Uses and Structures
Zoning and Eminent Domain
Governmental Uses and Zoning
Excavation, Mining, Quarrying, and Similar Activities
Public Utilities
VOLUME FIVE
Leases and Land Use Restrictions
Regulation of Occupancy, Ownership, Rental Housing, and Conversions
Public Land Use Controls and Private Covenants
Off-Street Parking Requirement
Traffic Conditions and Zoning
Airports and Airfields
Definitions
Site Plan Review
Planned Unit Developments
Subdivision Control: Scope and Authority
Subdivision Control: Substantive Standards
Subdivision Control: Procedures and Enforcement
