Library of Codes
FBCI gathers the best examples of form-based codes from communities across the United States and abroad. The codes represent a variety of community types and applications of form-based standards. Click on the Show Search Options button to search the library by phrase, location, Driehaus Award recipients, and the categories described below.
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Miami 21
The City of Miami’s Form-Based Code is a national groundbreaking model because city officials completely replaced the existing zoning code. The code sets up walkable urbanism as the citywide default pattern for development…more
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Downtown Code for Nashville, Tennessee
This Code offers an exceptional model for downtowns. The jury was impressed with the immersive characterization of each downtown neighborhood, with detailed attention to the features that create these distinct places. The overall…more
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Heart of Peoria Form Districts
The Form-Based Code of the City of Peoria, Illinois, is a national model for creating the form-based portions of a code – targeted to specific areas that offer great opportunities for revitalization – as part…more
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City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance
This citywide code is an excellent model for any city—particularly legacy cities—seeking to use code reform to promote fiscally and environmentally sustainable urban regeneration, greater housing diversity, walkable neighborhoods, and stronger urban design.…more
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Ventura Midtown Corridors Code
Main Street and Thompson Boulevard are commercial corridors in Ventura’s midtown community surrounded by 1920s-era residential neighborhoods. The 30-year-old zoning standards permitted six-story buildings on the corridors, next to a neighborhood of one…more