Training Opportunities
Extra Territorial Jurisdictions
A webinar panel discussion with multiple jurisdictions discussing their experiences with Extra Territorial Jurisdictions. The discussion will include education on the NDCC allowance for Extra Territorial Jurisdiction and regulations for ETJ's
Planning & Zoning Commissioner Training - 2022
In Person presentation at Western Planner Conference
A webinar to orient new and continuing planning (and zoning) commissioners, elected leaders, and staff to their roles and responsibilities related to planning and zoning.
Planning and Zoning Ethics
This webinar in the fourth in a series that have been provided to local jurisdictions and individuals interested in Planning and Zoning. The webinar focuses on several related considerations for people involved in planning and zoning decision making. Topics to be discussed include:
American Planning Association Code of Ethics
Open Meeting Laws
Conflicts of Interest
Procedural Due Process
Substantive Due Process
Ex Parte Communications
Planning & Zoning Commissioner Training - 2021
A webinar to orient new and continuing planning (and zoning) commissioners, elected leaders, and staff to their roles and responsibilities related to planning and zoning. The webinar is designed as a refresher for elected and appointed officials, auditors, administrators, and others who are involved planning and zoning at any level of local government. Topics discussed include considerations for decision-making, non-conforming uses, conditions of approval, and how plans inform and direct decision-making, among several others. Participants will be encouraged to come prepared with questions-significant time will be set aside for questions and answers after the main presentation has finished.
Proposal Evaluation:
A 201- Level Training Session on Planning Proposal Evaluation. This session will look at planning documents, technical background, criteria, and findings to help evaluate planning proposals that come before your board or staff. As always with NDPA Training, there will be time set aside for questions and answers. Presented by Rachel Laqua, AICP, Principal Planner, City of Williston and Sam Miller, Senior Planner, Williams County
Non-Conformities
In this webinar, panelists will walk you through the definition of a non-conformity and the ways in which one can be created, types of non-conformities, how to handle them in the context of current planning, and tips for updating your land use code to best address non-conformities. This webinar will be helpful to planners across North Dakota as examples of non-conformities from both urban and rural settings will be discussed.
Presented by Donald Kress, Current Planning Coordinator, City of Fargo and Natalie Pierce, Morton County Director of Planning and Zoning