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
Columbia Pike Code and Plan
Columbia Pike was the most underdeveloped area in a county that is otherwise built out. Located in an urban county that has seen explosive growth in recent decades, Columbia Pike, (a 3.5-mile urban…more
Code Documents
Beaufort Boundary Street Redevelopment District
The street-type form-based code establishes a hierarchy of streets with standards presented consistently using many unambiguous, accurate and clearly labeled diagrams. Standards for each street type include building placement, building form, and street…more
Code Documents
The Beaufort Code
This code provides a high-quality model for a small, historic, design-driven city. It demonstrates an exemplary bifurcation between form-based districts and conventional zones and is well organized and user friendly. City staff took…more
Daufuskie Island Code
Based on the SmartCode, the Daufuskie Island Code is uniquely structured by defining a hierarchy of regulating levels starting with Conservation and Urban Sectors, followed by Place Types, Zoning Districts, Street Types, and…more
Code Documents
Beaufort County Community Development Code
**Driehaus Award Recipient**
A regional code covering a range of diverse place types rural-to-urban.
Code Documents
Highland Park Neighborhood Plan Form-Based Overlay
The Highland Park Neighborhood form-based code overlay specifies five sub-districts based on frontage types while each sub-district regulates for front setbacks, frontage enclosure, building heights, parking locations and parking access with detailed diagrams…more
