Administrative and Judicial Review of Land-Use Decisions

Local land development regulations are applied through an administrative process that has (or should have) a beginning, middle, and end. State statutes should guide the procedures for review of development permit applications by local because local development permitting procedures might otherwise be fundamentally unfair or cause undue delays. States should use Chapter 10 to improve the fairness and timing of local development permitting processes. The model statute provides procedures for all types of land-use decisions that should be used by all review boards, including the local legislative body, planning commission, or any other review or appeals board.