Mark White, Firm Partner at White Smith Cousino, assisted the Hillsborough County Planning Commission to provide updated Smart Growth principles for the County’s Community Design Regulations. Mark White (then at Freilich, Leitner, & Carlisle) and Wallace, Roberts, & Todd implemented the County’s community and sector plans incorporating principles ranging from New Urbanism to rural design.
From 1999 to 2002, Mark White wrote Community Design Regulations for Hillsborough County in Florida that included Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND), Transfer of Development Rights (TDR), and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). An innovative feature of the regulations is the ability to reduce trip generation by mixing uses and incorporating pedestrian or transit-friendly design features. This has streamlined development under the state’s mandatory concurrency regulations. The regulations are recognized as a model New Urbanist code by the Congress for New Urbanism.
