Planning Law
EXLUP 8217 is offered this winter:
Course at a glance
- Offered fully online learning - asynchronous or synchronous format.
- May be recognized for Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) credits by the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) for holders of the Registered Professional Planner designation.
- Aimed at professionals in the areas of municipal government planning, development, and bylaw enforcement. Students range from development officers, planning technicians, land use, environmental, and community planners, to resources managers, government officials, consultants, developers, lawyers, zoning administrators, administrators in smaller municipalities, and others involved in planning processes.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Consider and identify recent developments in regional planning in Alberta.
- Understand the bylaw adoption and amendment process.
- Understand the four types of statutory plans.
- Illustrate intermunicipal dispute decisions of the Land and Property Rights Tribunal (formerly the Municipal Government Board).
- Review a case example of an intermunicipal plan.
- Understand the function of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board.
- Identify preliminary matters for a Subdivision and Development Appeal Board hearing.
- Review the procedures of an appeal hearing.
- Identify and understand the principles of fairness and natural justice that apply to tribunal decisions.
- Consider the role of the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) in municipal planning.
- Identify methods of improving a LUB.
- Explore enforcement options.
- Identify common provisions of Development Agreements.
- Understand the basis and authority for Development Agreements.
- Describe advantages and disadvantages to various types of development agreement provisions.
- Understand the basics of security.
- Understand the mechanics of finalizing the development agreement, including execution, release of consent/approval and registration.
- Review issues with regard to subdivision and development of environmentally sensitive and/or defected lands.
- Identify tools available for planning for, managing risks with and protecting environmentally sensitive and defected lands;
- Identify the types of condominiums that can be encountered.
- Understand the structure and governance of condominiums.
- Introduce and identify the legislation applicable to condominium developments.
- Identify and understand the special aspects of condominiums, including the special documentation that governs condominiums and the impacts that these have on planning and development.
- Understand the basis and authority for dealing with condominium developments.
- Understand the additional tools and procedures that condominium developments require.
- Review issues with regard to subdivision and development of environmentally sensitive and/or defected lands.
- Identify tools available for planning for, managing risks with and protecting environmentally sensitive and defected lands.
Offered:
Take note:
- For the synchronous format offering - In between the course dates, there will be an online midterm exam/assignment and after the last in-class dates, there will be an online final exam.
- The online components of this course are facilitated through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool.
Overall Schedule
Lecture/Class Schedule
Jan 12Jan 13
8:30 am – 4:30 pm MT
8:30 am – 4:30 pm MT
Mar 2Mar 3
8:30 am – 4:30 pm MT
8:30 am – 4:30 pm MT
Mar 17 — post-class component closes
Students in this section may have post-class readings or assessments to complete.
Synchronous online learning, eClass
28 hours of instruction
In synchronous online courses, students move through the course material at the same pace as their peers. These courses also provide learners with pre-scheduled online lectures that have the instructor and students interacting at the same time. All components of this type of course are accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool. format details
Your Instructor
Lorne RandaID: lorne-randa
Your Instructor
Alifeyah GulamhuseinID: alifeyah-gulamhusein
Your Instructor
Derek KingID: derek-king
Derek King is the managing partner of Brownlee LLP’s Calgary office, where he also heads up the Southern Alberta Municipal Law team. He has more than 20 years of experience addressing a broad spectrum of municipal enforcement issues for clients in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Derek has worked extensively in the areas of Municipal Governance, Municipal Legislative and Policy Development, Emergency Management, Expropriation Law, and Municipal Litigation. He believes that a good lawyer has a passion for the law and a genuine interest in his or her clients. What motivates him daily with municipal law is that it always presents new challenges and novel issues.
Your Instructor
Keegan RutherfordID: keegan-rutherford
Class info
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Cost assistance: may be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant, the Canada Training Benefit, and the Skilled Immigrant Micro-Loan.
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Please be advised that some of our courses fill quickly, early registration is encouraged to secure your spot. See our refunds, withdrawals & transfers policies for detailed information.
This course has no prerequisites
Students from all educational backgrounds welcome. You can register for this course without applying and enrolling in a program.
Take note:
- For the synchronous format offering - In between the course dates, there will be an online midterm exam/assignment and after the last in-class dates, there will be an online final exam.
- The online components of this course are facilitated through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool.
Currently counts towards:
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└28-hour course option
Applicants intending to enrol in a program are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to lock in their course requirements since they are prone to change.
*If you are already enroled in this program, please refer to your specific program requirements as outlined at the time of your admission: Bear Tracks > Academic Advisement.
Looking for different course dates?
New course schedules are released each June and November.