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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 |
| 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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