Frank Duke, FAICP

FAICP Statement

Frank M. Duke is one of the most effective planning directors in the southeast, leading four separate communities through thoughtful and collaborative planning efforts. Highlights of his work include successfully introducing context-specific, tiered land use regulations in Palm Beach County, Bay County, Durham City-County and Norfolk; developing four award-winning comprehensive plans; implementing two concurrency programs in Florida, one of which was the first to be certified as meeting State requirements and to survive legal challenges; and developing a TDR program in Palm Beach County, form-based code in Durham, and the first countywide zoning ordinance in northwest Florida in Bay County. Inducted in 2014.

Professional Biography

Frank Duke, FAICP, is the Planning Director for Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish. He has more than 30 years’ experience, including working as the Planning Director in Norfolk, Virginia; Durham, North Carolina; Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach area), Florida; and Bay County (Panama City area), Florida. Mr. Duke also served as Senior Policy Coordinator for the South Florida Water Management District, where he advised on the development of Florida law governing the use of water, and as an Economic Analyst for the Florida Department of Commerce. In each of the five local governments in which he has worked, Mr. Duke was responsible for the development of a revised comprehensive plan as well as major revisions to land development regulations, including revised signage regulations in each. Mr. Duke was involved in litigating sign issues in Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia, making him especially sensitive to this aspect of development regulations. Mr. Duke served as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Triangle Section of the Urban Land Institute. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association, and the Urban Land Institute.

Education

115306 | Florida State University
Graduation Date: January, 1987
Degree Level: Graduate
Planning Degree

165616 | Auburn University
Graduation Date: January, 1978
Degree Level: Graduate

165616 | Auburn University
Graduation Date: January, 1976
Degree Level: Undergraduate

Job History

Baton Rouge/East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission
Planning Director
June,2014 - Present
Baton Rouge, LA
None
United States

Norfolk Department of Planning and Community Development
Planning Director
October,2007 - November,2013
Norfolk, VA

United States

Durham City/County Planning Department
Planning Director
February,2002 - September,2007
Durham, NC
None
United States

Palm Beach County Planning Division
Planning Director
February,1996 - February,2002
West Palm Beach, FL

United States

South Florida Water Management District
Senior Supervising Planner
February,1992 - February,1996
West Palm Beach, FL

United States

Bay County Department of Community Development
Community Development Director
February,1989 - February,1992
Panama City, FL
None
United States

Florida Department of Commerce
Economic Analyst
September,1988 - February,1989
Tallahassee, FL
None
United States

Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsberg, LLC
Planner
July,1987 - August,1988
Sarasota, FL
None
United States

Florida Economic Development Center
Project Manager
May,1985 - July,1987
Part time
Tallahassee, FL
None
United States

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