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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CBD Code and Architectural Guidelines for Delray Beach, Florida
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
The highly descriptive Code and Guidelines provide a strong and enforceable framework for good urban development. The clear metrics, requirements for parking, active uses facing public spaces and the workforce housing are worthy…more
Jefferson County SmartCode Floating Overlay District
This regulatory county-wide smart code directs and guides future growth in sectors of Jefferson County by setting standards and regulations for new and infill community-scale and building-scale plans. On community-scale plans the code…more
Code Documents
Miami 21
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
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
Code Documents
Roosevelt Road Form-Based Code
The Roosevelt Road Form-Based Code is collaboration between the three cities of Oak Park, Berwyn, and Cicero in the Chicago metropolitan area. The code establishes a pedestrian-oriented district, a transitional district, and an…more
Code Documents
Soledad Downtown Specific Plan
**Driehaus Honorable Mention**
The Soledad Downtown Specific Plan (Plan) provides direction for the City’s historic downtown and adjacent residential areas. It is intended to guide initiatives that capitalize on the City’s unique assets with the overarching…more
Code Documents
Ventura Midtown Corridors Code
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
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
