Historic Preservation and Form-Based Codes
Two experts offer insights into how to treat historic districts within form-based codes, using case studies from small town and large urban areas. Viewers learn more about the relationship of…more
Two experts offer insights into how to treat historic districts within form-based codes, using case studies from small town and large urban areas. Viewers learn more about the relationship of…more
Richard A. Hall is President of Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc. (HPE) for the past 19 years. He is a…more
On June 21, 2017 after a multi-year public outreach process, the Town of New Castle adopted its Comprehensive Plan Update, “A Framework for New Castle”. The Town’s Comprehensive Plan Update sets forth specific goals to “preserve the Town’s bucolic, residential character and its historic resources, while promoting new mixed-use development in the hamlets to meet […]
After two years of robust education and community engagement, the City of Las Vegas is ready to implement their downtown master plan, using a new a form-based zoning code. The city credits our Form-Based Codes Institute’s comprehensive three-course curriculum for helping to achieve this first-of-a-kind achievement in Nevada, which city officials believe will lead to […]
Zoning codes are the unseen, yet decisive guiding force that can either help or hinder the creation of great, walkable, people-scaled places. This primer gives you the basics on form-based codes: what they are, where they work, and how they can help create and sustain great places. Take a look at just about any city […]
The City of Cedar Falls (pop. 40,000) is located along the Cedar River in northeast Iowa. It is home to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), one of Iowa’s three publicuniversities. Historic Downtown Cedar Falls has a thriving Main Street with over 30 unique shops and boutiques, numerous restaurants and bars, hotels, offices, an active co- […]
The City of University Place, WA is seeking a qualified consultant to prepare a form-based code, meant to supersede portions of the present zoning ordinance and other local land development regulations that apply to the University Place Regional Growth Center(RGC). Additionally, the consultant would create street design standards for streets, sidewalks and associated facilities within […]
The City of Las Vegas is applying a form-based code to implement its master plan vision of becoming a…more
OVERALL CONTEXT For the first time in 50 years, the zoning regulations of Hartford have been comprehensively revised, resulting…more
The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) was initiated in 2010 in response to several factors. First, the City of Raleigh…more
Narberth Borough, located in the heart of the Philadelphia “Main Line” was developed in the early 20th Century as…more
The western section of the City of Mount Vernon had a heavy industrial presence which developed around the shipping…more
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Marta Goldsmith, Executive Director
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Form-Based Codes Institute at Smart Growth America
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Washington, DC 20005
Town of New Castle, NY Seeks Form-Based Code for Chappaqua Hamlet
Chappaqua Hamlet in New Castle (photo: New York Times) On June 21, 2017 after a …
Downtown Las Vegas: “The legend reinvented”
The Downtown Las Vegas Master Plan encompasses 12 districts (Image: VISIONLV) After two years of …
Have we zoned great, walkable places out of existence?
Rendering of development under a form-based code in Richmond, CA (Opticos Design) Zoning codes are …