Workshop: How to Write a Zoning Ordinance

Bio: Partner, White & Smith, LLC

Education: Master of City and Regional Planning and Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Key Publications: Co-Author, A 21st Century Land Development Code (American Planning Association, 2008); Contributor, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects (Wiley, 2008); Reviewer and Contributor, Planning and Urban Design Standards (American Planning Association, 2006); "Writing Defensible Codes," The Commissioner (Winter 2006); "Unified Land Management Codes," Municipal Lawyer (Aug. 2006); "Development Codes for Built Out Communities," Zoning Practice (Aug. 2006); "Classifying and Defining Uses and Building Forms: Land-Use Coding for Zoning Regulations," Zoning Practice (September 2005). Contributor, Codifying the New Urbanism (American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report No. 526, 2004); Contributor, Planning for Street Connectivity (American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report No. 515, 2003).

Other Publications: "Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: The Legal Context," Land Use Law & Zoning Digest (February 2000); The Zoning and Real Estate Implications of Transit-Oriented Development, Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest, No. 12 (January 1999). “Neotraditional Development: A Legal Analysis,” 49 Land Use Law & Zoning Digest, No. 8 at 3 (August 1997); Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances and Transportation Management (American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report No. 465, August 1996); State and Regional Roles in Transportation and Land Use (with Freilich), American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report no. 462/463, March 1996); “State and Federal Planning Legislation and Manufactured Housing: New Opportunities for Affordable, Single-Family Shelter,” 28 The Urban Lawyer 263 (Spring 1996); Contributing Researcher and Writer, Model Subdivision Regulations, by Freilich & Schultz (American Planning Association, 1995); Co-Author, “The Interaction of Land Use Planning and Transportation Management: Lessons from the American Experience,” Transport Policy (U.K.) (March 1994); Affordable Housing: Decent Shelter Is a Fundamental Right (with Jim Hecimovich), in Planning and Community Equity (APA's Planners Press October 1994); “The Use of Zoning and Other Local Controls for Siting Solid and Hazardous Waste Facilities,” Natural Resources and Environment, 7:3-45 (with Shortlidge, N.R.); Co-Author, “Transportation Congestion and Growth Management: Comprehensive Approaches to Resolving America’s Major Quality of Life Crisis,” 24 Loyola Of Los Angeles Law Review 915 (June 1991).

Past Assignments: “Updating the Zoning Ordinance” (American Planning Association, National Conference, April 28, 2009); “Two New Zoning Resources” (American Planning Association, National Conference, April 26, 2009); “Updating Your Development Codes for the 21st Century” (2008 Bi-State Planning Conference, Kansas and Missouri APA Chapters, October 23, 2008); “Practical Approaches to Vested Rights” (University of Texas School of Law, 2009 Land Use Conference, March 26, 2009); “Planning for Affordable Housing” (North Carolina Chapter, American Planning Association, September 22, 2008) "Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law" (National Business Institute, September 11, 2007); "Advanced Zoning and Land Use" (Lorman, Kansas City, Missouri, April 15, 2007); "Navigating the Maze of Land Use Regulations" (Lorman, Springfield, Missouri, July 20, 2007); "Writing Legally Defensible Form Based Codes" (New Partners for Smart Growth, Los Angeles, California, February 9, 2007); "Incorporating Principles of New Urbanism into Zoning Codes" (University of Wisconsin Planning and Zoning Seminars, May 2 and July 20, 2006); "Land-Based Classification Standards and Zoning" (American Planning Association National Conference, April 2006); "Integrating New Urbanism into Your Development Code" (American Planning Association National Conference, April 2006); "Growth Management for Schools" (American Planning Association National Conference, April 2006); "The Mechanics of Code Writing" (American Planning Association National Conference, 2003-2006); "Design Graphics for Planning" (American Planning Association audio conference April 12, 2006); "Zoning for Transit-Oriented Development" (American Planning Association audio conference, November 2, 2005); "Residential Design" (South Carolina Chapter, American Planning Association, October 28, 2005); "Infrastructure Capacity and Connectivity" (Kansas Conference of Mayors, August 13, 2005); "Planning, Environmental and Land Use Law" (participant) (American Planning Association audio conference, June 29, 2005); "Smart Growth" (National Business Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, June 13, 2005); “Development Codes for Built-Out Communities” (American Planning Association National Conference, March 21, 2005); “Zoning on Trial” (American Planning Association National Conference, March 21, 2005)(debate over form-based zoning and modern unified development codes); “Zoning for Transit-Oriented Development” (American Planning Association National Conference, March 21, 2005); “Cracking the Codes: Codifying Transit-Oriented Development” (Rail-Volution, September 2004); “Linking Smart Growth Codes with Vision Driven Plans” (Virginia Citizens Planners Association, October 11, 2004).