Syllabus
UPP 553 - LAND USE LAW
Erica Pascal, Instructor
773-525-8940
ericapascal@earthlink.net
Fall Semester, 2011
WEEK
TOPIC
ASSIGNMENT
8/24
Intro: the court system, defining issues
no reading
8/31
Roots of Zoning
Exlude Nectow, Udell cases
Chicago Zoning Game
Casebook 1-81
Blackboard
9/7
Zoning Administration
Casebook: 88-183
Exclude: Bartram v. Zoning Commissioners
Gorham v. Cape Elizabeth and County of Kauai v. Pacific Life
9/14
PUDs and Subdivision Controls
9/21
First Amendment
Casebook: 411-457
Readings on Blackboard
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
NY Times Articles (2)
RLUIPA update
Greater Bible Way Church v. Jackson
Westchester Day Schol v. Mamaroneck
Robert Tong v. Chicago Park Dist.
Paper #1 distributed
9/28
Takings I - Exactions
Exclude: Kelo v. New London
See http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw.
Community Benefit Agreements
10/5
Takings II – Regulatory Takings
TDR article
Add: Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
Paper #1 due
10/12
Takings III
Eminent Domain and Economic Development
Kelo v. New London
Casebook: 183-234
Casebook: 262-286
Casebook: 235-261
Casebook: 306-340
Click on photos
Blackboard
Casebook: 341-360
Casebook: 511-515
Blackboard
Casebook: 605-623
Casebook: 287-305
Goldstein v. NY Urban Dev. Corp.
Comment on Goldstein
Wayne County v. Hathcock – Mich SCt
State Reaction to Kelo
Paper #2 distributed
10/19
10/26
Blackboard
Consistency, Referenda, and Aesthetics
Omit Kaiser
Revisit Penn Central
Casebook: 458-530
Exclusionary Zoning & Equal Protection
Omit Buckeye
Villas West v. Mcglothin
Mulligan v. Panther Valley
Fair Housing Act
Paper #2 due
Casebook: 530-604
Casebook: 341-357
Blackboard
11/2
Urban Redeveopment II
Blackboard Readings
Lindsey v. Norbet
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority – BPI Article
Models for Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing Crisis- Developer’s View
Chicago Affordable Housing Ordinance
Inclusionary Zoning
11/9
Urban Redevelopment Issues
TIF Article
TIFs in Cook County
IL Foreclosure Law
IL Law Re Foreclosure Prevention
Forclosure Mitigation Efforts
Forclosure v. Housing Law
Casebook: 625-662
Blackboard
11/16
Metro Development Issues
Omit Albuquerque
Metro Housing Solutions
Casebook: 663-741
11/23
Thanksgiving Eve – no class
11/30
Growth Management
State and Regional Controls
Paper #3 distributed
12/7
NO CLASS
Paper #3 due
Blackboard
Casebook: 743-775
Casebook: 806-837
TEXT: Callies, Freilich, and Roberts, Cases and Materials on Land Use, Fifth Ed. (St. Paul;
West Publishing Co. 2008).
GRADING: Grades will be based on 3 short papers dealing with major issues in land use law:
first amendment with emphasis on RLUIPA, fifth amendment with emphasis on eminent domain
for economic development, and some issue relating to the current housing crisis. Each paper will
be worth 30% of your grade. Class preparation and participation will count for the remaining
10%. Each assigmment will require the student to analyze fact situations and to identify and
discuss the legal issues presented.