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
City of Rowlett Form-Based Code
**Driehaus Honorable Mention**
A code that directs a strong integration of regulation, market activity, and place-making goals within varied development contexts.
Code Documents
Santa Ana Transit Zoning Code
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
The City of Santa Ana’s code thoughtfully focuses on the subtleties of building placement, massing, and building and frontage types for an existing 457-acre community. The code illustrates many best practice examples for…more
Code Documents
Sarasota County Mixed-Use Infill Code
The Sarasota County comprehensive plan had long called for redevelopment of vacant/underutilized parcels to create mixed-use neighborhoods, but the implementing codes were rigid and deemed unworkable by developers. An overhauled floating-zone code was…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
City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
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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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
