Capzo Certification Scholarship Program

 Capzo is offered by the University of North Alabama through various communities. 

 Capzo is Certified Alabama Planning and Zoning Official 

It is the THE LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR PLANNING AND ZONING IN ALABAMA  
This workshop will provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama. Although a number of constitutional issues and landmark cases will be included in the material presented, they will be discussed from a layman’s point of view and not from a legalistic view point. TOPICS INCLUDE: (1) The evolution of legal principles relating to the public regulation of private property; (2) The origins of the cur rent Alabama planning enabling legislation and recent efforts to amend it; the landmark decisions of the US Supreme Court relating to the regulatory and planning powers of local governments; (3) The major constitutional issues being raised in current land use litigation; (4) The procedural and strategic aspects of land use litigation; (5) Alternative approaches to the resolution of regulatory issues and developmental conflicts.