Form-Based Codes Institute at Smart Growth America

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 provides regulations and guidelines for community types, transect zones, regulating plans, civic zones and special districts, and sets environmental and thoroughfare standards. The section on building-scale plans provides regulations and guidelines on urban parameters such as building placement, configuration, function, and parking while additional sections regulate for landscape, signage, stormwater and architectural standards for all developments. The code requires private buildings to shape public space through the use of building form standards that regulate urban form and character. Ample tables and diagrams are clear, concise, unambiguous, and accurate in the presentation of spatial configurations

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https://formbasedcodes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jefferson-county-smartcode.pdf

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