Rezoning was approved for Longleaf, a 1,000-unit traditional

Rezoning was approved for Longleaf, a 1,000-unit traditional neighborhood development (TND) in Pasco County, Florida. The mix of uses and housing types, (including apartments), narrow street standards and alleys did not generate much controversy. The only significant opposition that developers Frank and Trey Starkey encountered concerned a road — which the county requested and developers supported on good planning principles — connecting their proposed project with an existing conventional subdivision. Longleaf proposed some exceptionally narrow residential streets, including 10-foot one-way streets and 18-foot two-way streets (both without parking), and 20-foot two way streets (parking on both sides). “Because we are doing private streets, the county accepted reduced street widths,” says Frank Starkey. About 25 percent of the 568-acre project is wetlands, and nearly half of the entire project will remain undeveloped. The zoning was approved as a planned unit development. Preliminary and final site plan approval and environmental permits are still required. The urban design is by Geoffrey Ferrell and Armando Montero.