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.
- Physical Context: size or type of government entity
- Organizing Principle: underlying organization for the code standards
- Implementation Method: how the code standards operate within the zoning ordinance
- Development Type: development types impacted by the code standards
- Special Features: unique code attributes or awards
St. Lucie County: Towns, Villages and Countryside
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
Growth pressure on a 28-square-mile agricultural area near Fort Pierce resulted in the county’s “Towns, Villages and Countryside” plan in 2004. The plan calls for existing development rights to be concentrated in new…more
Code Documents
Thompson’s Station Land Development Ordinance
**Driehaus Honorable Mention**
The Code is a well prepared unified development ordinance that integrates new walkable urban districts within the existing pattern of use-based suburban standards. Innovations include by-right development for traditional neighborhood design, the parking…more
Woodford County New Urban Code
Ferrell Rutherford Associates and Dover, Kohl & Partners. “Woodford County is a place of exceptional character and quality of life. Its fabric of small towns, villages, and rolling hills present an impressive landscape…more
