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33 <br />UDO Assistance <br />North Carolina <br />7 <br />Craig Richardson is a planner, lawyer, and Vice President of Clarion, as <br />well as director of the firm's North Carolina office. Mr. Richardson has <br />consulted with over 100 local government clients in a number of states <br />throughout the country on issues such as the preparation of development <br />codes, adequate public facility regulations, impact fees, affordable <br />housing plans and regulations, mixed-use development regulations, <br />scenic corridor regulations, landscaping, and aesthetic regulations. Mr. <br />Richardson has a strong record of success in either managing or serving as a principal in a <br />number of code revision efforts, including projects in Fayetteville, NC; Jacksonville, NC; Rock <br />Hill, SC; Falls Church, VA; Williamson County, TN; Portsmouth, VA; Mooresville, NC; Palm <br />Beach City, FL; Henrico City, VA; Alachua, FL; Folly Beach, SC; Greenville, SC; Beaufort <br />County, SC; Teton County, WY; Kalamazoo, MI; St Lucie County, FL; Larimer County, CO; the <br />Town of Aspen, CO; the Town of Jackson, WY; Houston, TX; and Jacksonville Beach, FL. Mr. <br />Richardson is a frequent speaker at planning and legal conferences on plan implementation <br />issues. He has written on a variety of plan implementation issues including adequate public <br />facility regulations, impact fees, and general plan implementation. He serves on the faculty for <br />APA's national Zoning Clinic. <br />Stephen Sizemore, AICP, is a Senior Consultant in Clarion's Chapel Hill office. <br />He is a planner and lawyer with over 25 years of experience in preparing and <br />implementing development codes, comprehensive plans, design standards and <br />guidelines, and growth management policies for local governments. He also <br />has substantial experience in addressing coastal area management issues. Prior <br />to joining Clarion, Mr. Sizemore served in a number of planning related jobs in <br />the public sector. He was Planning Director for Onslow County, North Carolina, <br />where he oversaw development of a comprehensive plan and implementation of <br />county/military compatible land use strategies; served as the Editor of Planning & Environmental <br />Law for the American Planning Association; prepared growth management policies and <br />development regulations for Wake County, North Carolina; developed guidelines for local <br />government preparation and implementation of comprehensive plans for the State of Maine; <br />and assisted in the preparation and administration of unified development regulations for <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has written on a variety of planning issues. Mr. Sizemore holds <br />a planning degree and a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is <br />a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the North Carolina State Bar. <br />The Clarion team has experience working in North Carolina and across the nation in drafting <br />development codes. Selected recent and relevant examples are identified below, with a short <br />description of the project and client reference. <br />