Module 1: Planning Official Roles & Responsibilities
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Is this Offers an introduction to the world of planning, who planners are, what they do and how they do it. The units within this module focus on the history and the future of planning, making ethical decisions and Smart Growth. Register online now!
Unit 1.1: Introducing the Planning Official
This unit is a short introduction to your role as a planning official or commissioner. It will introduce you to your duties and responsibilities as a planning official as well as the groups with which you will be working. Learn More
Unit 1.2: The Foundations of Planning and Zoning
This unit introduces and describes the legal basis for planning and zoning as well as the evolution of planning and zoning in Michigan. Learn More
Unit 1.3: What is Smart Growth?
This unit introduces the principles of smart growth, their relationship to land use polices in Michigan, and how you can assess your community’s readiness to implement smart growth techniques. This topic is particularly useful when you are tasked to guide development in your
community or modify the comprehensive plan. Learn More
Unit 1.4: Planning Official Ethics 101
In this unit, we will introduce why ethics are a concern of any public official. We look at how ethics governs planning official’s duties and actions. By the end of this unit, you will have a basic understanding of ethical responsibilities when dealing with conflicts of interest. Learn More
Unit 1.5: Making Ethical Decisions
This unit helps you apply what you learned in Planning Official Ethics 101. In this unit, we will introduce you to a decision tree that you can use as a tool when you need to make decisions that involve conflicts of interest. You will be given several scenarios to help you understand the
decision making process presented here. Learn More
