Clyde W. Forrest

Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
JD, University of Tulsa, 1962

Professor Forrest is both an attorney and planner. He has been in private practice and served as Assistant Director of the Office of Urban and Community Planning, University of Oklahoma and their Model Cities Program. From 1959 to 1962 he was a planner and legal coordinator for the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission.

Recognized as an expert on state and local land use, zoning, and subdivision law, he has written model legislation for the State of Illinois; consulted with federal, state, and local governments; and led public service and continuing education programs in planning and environmental law. Current research includes studies of groundwater, federal environmental regulation, and land-use controls in relation to the taking issue.

Professor Forrest served as Director of the Illinois General Assembly's Land Resources Study Commission. He is the Vice Chair of the APA Divisions Council and Past Chair of the Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Division of the American Planning Association.

Contact Information
Room 111, Temple Buell Hall
611 Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-333-3890
Fax: 217-244-1717
E-mail: cforrest@illinois.edu

Current Research Areas

Smart Growth & Sustainable Development

Selected Publications

Blaesser, Forrest, Kmiec, Mandelker, Weinstein and Williams. Land Use and the Constitution. Planner's Press, Chicago-Washington D.C., 1989.

Forrest , Clyde W. "Relief From Zoning Ordinance". Am Jur-Trials, 16:99-203, Bancroft-Whitney, San Francisco, California, 1969.

Forrest, Clyde W., "Legal Basis of Local Revenues," TMAPC 1960

Co-author, "Financial Capacity of Local Government," TMAPC, 1960

Assisted field survey of housing and structure condition for Tulsa Community Renewal Program

"The 'Common' Problem in Planning Law". Presented at the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, New York, New York, 1984.

"Legal Precedents for Urban Forest Protection" in Harper and Rolf, Forging A Forestry Future in the Midwest. Department of Forestry, University of Illinois, 1983.

"Energy Conservation Through Building and Subdivision Ordinances". Using Land to Conserve Energy. Proceedings Illinois-Indiana Bi-State Commission, 1979.

"Annexation as a Planning Tool". Papers of AIP Planning Law Section, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979.

"Home Rule and Municipal Zoning". Land Use and Zoning in Illinois. Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April, 1974, Springfield, Illinois.

"Improved Land Use Regulation for the Home Rule Municipality". Home Rule in Illinois. Assembly on Home Rule in Illinois, October, 1973, Institute of Government, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"Administrative Relief'. Land Use and Zoning in Illinois. Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October, 1970, Springfield, Illinois (revised 1974).

Forrest, Clyde W. "Planned Unit Development And Takings Post Dolan", Northern Illinois University Law Review, Vol.15, No. 3, Summer 1995.

"An Alternative for Illinois Land Use Legislation", Northern Illinois Law Review, v.12, p.741, 1992

"Planning for Land Use, in Illinois Land Use Law@, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Springfield, 1984.

Forrest, Kim, Petrie and Przypyszny. "Tax Increment Financing and Its Effects on Property Tax Revenues and Real Estate Values". Office of Real Estate Research, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1982.

Forrest, C.W., Kim, T.J., and Przypyszny, K. "Determining Potential Gaines and Losses of Tax Increment Financing". Planning Advisory Service, No. 389, American Planning Association, July 1985, pp. 11-19.

"A Zoning Amendment - Step by Step". The Journal, Oklahoma Bar Association, 1967.