Darrin F. Taylor

Experience

• Assist clients in understanding Florida’s Economic Development Programs
• Works closely with the Firm's legislative lobbyists on growth management issues
• Assist clients in land use planning issues including due diligence analysis, comprehensive plan/plan amendments, DRI, rezoning and site plan approvals
• Review of comprehensive plan amendments, Evaluation and Appraisal Reports (EAR) and developments of regional impact (DRI) while employed with the Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
• Experience in military base land use compatibility issues
• Expert witness in land use and comprehensive planning
• Established the City of Tallahassee’s Sector Planning Program and served as Project Manager for a series of sector plans in the Southern Strategy Area
• Served as City Liaison to Florida State University and Florida A&M University in the development of campus master plans
• Assist clients with planning large landholdings including the development of sector plans pursuant to Section 163.3245, F.S.
• Assist clients and in house attorneys in drafting agreements with state and local governments 
• Assist clients with development permitting including the filing of extensions

Featured Insights

Environmental, Land Use and Development Approvals and Litigation

New Legislation Gives Florida Local Governments Sole Authority to Review DRIs

Publication

All Insights

Recognition

• Earned “Capital Area Award” for South Monroe Sector Plan

Professional & Community Involvement

Speaking Engagements

• "Changes in Growth Management Laws," 31^st Annual Environmental Permitting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (July 21, 2017)
• "Changes in Growth Management Laws," 30^th Annual Environmental Permitting, Orlando, FL (July 20, 2016)
• "Sector Planning," 28th Annual Environmental Permitting, Marco Island, FL (July 23, 2014)
• "Development It’s Happening Again," 28^th Annual Environmental Permitting, Marco Island, Fl (July 23, 2014)
• "Growth Management Trends Post HB 7207," Florida American Planning Association, Tallahassee, FL (October 28, 2011)
• "Can Planners Create Jobs," Florida American Planning Conference (2011)
• "Changes in the 2011 Legislative Session," Florida American Planning Association (2011)
• "Post Amendment 4: Public Participation Revisited," at the APA Florida Public Policy Workshop, Tallahassee, FL (February 9, 2011)
• "The Challenges of Locating Mixed-Use,” at the APA Florida 2010 Annual Conference, Tampa, FL (September 15, 2010)
• "The Impact of Amendment 4 on Florida's Future,” at the Hometown Democracy Session of Leadership Tallahassee, FL (March 4, 2010)
• Co-Speaker on legislature’s extensive changes to Florida’s growth management laws to more than 130 realtors, homebuilders, local government officials, lawyers, and developers at the Greater Tampa Area Association of Realtors (June 24, 2009)
• "Can Florida Sustain Its Agricultural Lands?," 2008 American Planning Association Florida Annual Conference
• "The Future of Rural Lands In Florida," Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association's 2008 Public Policy Workshop
• "Summary of Land Use Planning and Emerging Trends in Florida," Resort Development Conference
• "Mixed Use Development and Comprehensive Plan Reform," Leon County Smart Growth Summit

Credentials

Background

• Planning Manager, Florida Department of Community Affairs
• Senior Planner, Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department

Areas of Focus