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Resources from the Form-Based Codes Institute
 
Definition of a Form-Based Code
 
Checklist for Identifying and Evaluating Form-Based Codes
 
Sample RFQ for Consultants to Prepare a Form-Based Code (73KB Microsoft Word document)
 
Eight Advantages to Form-Based Codes
 
 
Online Articles
 
A Cure for Cluttered Roadways?, Neal Peirce, The Washington Post Writers Group.
 
Alternative Methods of Land Development Regulation, Victor Dover.
 
FAQ's about Form-Based Codes, Ferrell Madden Associates for the Planning Department, City of Farmers Branch, Texas.
 
Form-Based Codes: A Cure for the Cancer Called Euclidean Zoning? Jason Todd Burdette, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, April 2004.
 
Form-Based Codes: Implementing Smart Growth (3.9 MB pdf), Local Government Commission
 
“Form-Based Land Development Regulations” (560 KB pdf) by Robert Sitkowski & Brian Ohm, published in Urban Lawyer, Volume 38, No.1, Winter 2006. © 2006 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association.
 
Form First,” (144KB pdf) Peter Katz, Planning Magazine, November 2004.
 
Function Follows Form, Bob Sperber, Professional Builder, September 1, 2005.
 
Place Making with Form-Based Codes (2.4MB pdf), Mary E. Madden and Bill Spikowski, Urban Land, September 2006.
 
“Retooling Planners” (140 KB pdf), Kaizer Rangwala, Places, 17.1.
 
Smart Codes Smart Places, Jason Miller, The National Association of REALTORS®, Summer 2004.
 
Zoning Reform Has Begun: Form-Based Codes, The National Association of REALTORS®.
 
 
Books and Articles
 
Codifying New Urbanism: How to Reform Municipal Land Development Regulations, PAS Report 526, Jonathan Barnett, Joel Russell, Ellen Greenberg, and Paul Crawford, APA, 2004.
 
Form-Based Zoning, CD-ROM of National APA conference presentations, Paul C. Crawford, Bill Dennis, and Geoffrey Ferrell, APA, 2004.
 
In the Tropical Zone,” (3.3MB pdf) David Raterman, Planning Magazine, December 2007.
 
“Practice: Form-based Zoning,” David Rouse and Nancy Zobl, Zoning Practice, May 2004.
 
Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide, Steve Tracy, Local Government Commission, 2003.
 
The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, Peter Katz, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994.
 
 
Code Documents
 
Central Petaluma SmartCode, Fisher & Hall Urban Design, Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, Sargent Town Planning, and CharreteCenter.com
 
City of Azusa Draft Development Code, Crawford Multari & Clark and Moule & Polyzoides Architects
 

City of Flagstaff
TND Ordinance: Ch. 10-17 of the Land Development Code with amendments to other sections of the code
Tables 1-17 of the TND Ordinance
Revisions to the Engineering Standards: New Chs. 10-12 to provide for Thoroughfare Standards in TNDs

 
City of Grass Valley Draft Development Code, Opticos Design and Crawford Multari & Clark Associates
 
The Columbia Pike Special Revitalization District Form Based Code, Arlington, VA
 
Fort Myers Beach (FL), Dover, Kohl & Partners and Spikowski Planning Associates
 
The New Pleasant Hill BART Station Property Code,
Lennertz Coyle and Associates and Geoffrey Ferrell Associates
Main Code Document (580 KB pdf)
Regulating Plan (170 KB pdf)
Architectural Standards (2.7 MB pdf)
 
The New Urban Code for Woodford County, Kentucky (4.8 MB pdf), Ferrell Rutherford Associates
 
North St. Lucie County (FL) Towns-Villages-Countryside Code, Dover, Kohl & Partners and Spikowski Planning Associates
 
Regulating Code for the Central Hercules Plan (4.0 MB pdf), Dover, Kohl & Partners
 
Sarasota County (FL) Mixed-Use Infill Code, Dover, Kohl & Partners and Spikowski Planning Associates
 
SmartCode v. 9.0, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
 
Sonoma Development Code (14.4 MB pdf), Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, Moule & Polyzoides, Jacobson & Wack, and Urban Design Studio
 
Ventura Downtown Specific Plan, Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, Moule & Polyzoides, and Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates
 
 
FBCI Board Members' Code Sites
 
Ferrell Madden Associates
 
Opticos Design, Inc.
 
Spikowski Planning Associates
 

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