| “How to subdivide land without promoting sprawl” Kaizer Rangwala, New Urban Network, June 2010. |
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| “Contextual Tall Buildings in India” Kaizer Rangwala, The Urban Vision, July 2010. |
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| “Brave New Codes” Nate Berg, ARCHITECT, July 2010. |
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| “Form-Based Codes News from New Urban News"
New Urban News, the leading information and news provider about New Urbanism, now has a web page featuring timely information and resources about form-based codes.
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| “Form-Based Codes in 7-Steps,” CNU Michigan. The Michigan Chapter of CNU has written a "how-to" guide particularly aimed at small communities with limited or no professional staff. |
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| “Digital designer shows what future towns could look like,” Jonathan Hiskes, Grist, March 2010. |
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| “Miami 21,” (652KB pdf) Dakota Hendon and Alex Adams, Florida Planning, Winter 2010, APA Florida Chapter. |
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| “Form-Based Codes,” (432KB pdf) Bill Spikowski, Florida Planning, Winter 2010, APA Florida Chapter. |
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| “Community Planning and FBCs,” (272KB pdf) Catherine Coyle, Florida Planning, Winter 2010, APA Florida Chapter. |
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| “A New Kind of Zoning,” (1.5MB pdf) Brad Broberg, On Common Ground, Winter 2010, The National Association of REALTORS®. |
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| “The Advent of Form-Based Codes: A Critical Time to Ensure Mixed-Income Communities,” (1.4MB pdf) Jaimie Ross, The Housing News Network, Spring 2009, The Florida Housing Coalition. |
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“Design by the Rules: The Historical Underpinnings of Form-Based Codes,” (7.8MB pdf) Emily Talen, Journal of the Amercian Planning Association, Spring 2009. |
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| “Design First, Codify Second: Germany Offers Lessons for U.S. Planners,” (3.5MB pdf) Faith Cable, Planning Magazine, July 2009. |
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| “The Future of Zoning,” (2MB pdf) Ed Tombari, Land Development, Spring 2009. |
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| “Hybrid codes versus form-based codes,” (259KB pdf) Kaizer Rangwala, New Urban News, April/May 2009. |
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| Form-Based Codes: A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers, Daniel G. Parolek, Karen Parolek, and Paul C. Crawford, Wiley, 2008. |
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| A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects, Daniel K. Slone and Doris S. Goldstein, Wiley, 2008. |
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| New Economics of Place (568 KB pdf), Scott Polikov, Chamber Executive, 2008. |
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“Form-Based Land Development Regulations” (560 KB pdf) by Robert Sitkowski & Brian Ohm, published in Urban Lawyer, Volume 38, No.1, Winter 2006. © 2006 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. |
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| Function Follows Form, Bob Sperber, Professional Builder, September 1, 2005. |
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| Form-Based Codes: Implementing Smart Growth” (3.9 MB pdf), Local Government Commission |
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| Form-Based Zoning, CD-ROM of National APA conference presentations, Paul C. Crawford, Bill Dennis, and Geoffrey Ferrell, APA, 2004. |
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| “Form First,” (144KB pdf) Peter Katz, Planning Magazine, November 2004. |
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| “Retooling Planners” (140 KB pdf), Kaizer Rangwala, Places, 17.1. |
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| Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide, Steve Tracy, Local Government Commission, 2003. |
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| Alternative Methods of Land Development Regulation, Victor Dover. |
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| The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, Peter Katz, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994. |
Code Documents |
2008 Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award Winners:
· Downtown Mixed Use Master Plan, Benicia, California (6.6 MB pdf)
· Near Southside Development Standards and Guidelines, Fort Worth, Texas (6.7 MB pdf)
· Midtown Corridors Development Code, Ventura, California (26.9 MB pdf) |
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2007 Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award Winners:
· Towns, Villages, Countryside Land Development Regulations, St. Lucie County, Florida (7.8 MB pdf)
· Leander TOD SmartCode, Leander, Texas (10.5 MB pdf)
· Gulfport SmartCode, Gulfport, Mississippi (18.5 MB pdf)
· Station Area Form-Based Code, Farmers Branch, Texas (34.8 MB pdf) |
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| Central Petaluma SmartCode, Fisher & Hall Urban Design, Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, Sargent Town Planning, and CharreteCenter.com |
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| City of Azusa Draft Development Code, Crawford Multari & Clark and Moule & Polyzoides Architects |
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City of Flagstaff
TND Ordinance: Ch. 10-17 of the Land Development Code with amendments to other sections of the code
Tables 1-17 of the TND Ordinance
Revisions to the Engineering Standards: New Chs. 10-12 to provide for Thoroughfare Standards in TNDs |
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| City of Grass Valley Draft Development Code, Opticos Design and Crawford Multari & Clark Associates |
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| The Columbia Pike Special Revitalization District Form Based Code, Arlington, VA |
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| Fort Myers Beach (FL), Dover, Kohl & Partners and Spikowski Planning Associates |
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The New Pleasant Hill BART Station Property Code,
Lennertz Coyle and Associates and Geoffrey Ferrell Associates |
| Main Code Document (580 KB pdf) |
| Regulating Plan (170 KB pdf) |
| Architectural Standards (2.7 MB pdf) |
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| The New Urban Code for Woodford County, Kentucky (4.8 MB pdf), Ferrell Rutherford Associates |
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| Regulating Code for the Central Hercules Plan (4.0 MB pdf), Dover, Kohl & Partners |
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| Sarasota County (FL) Mixed-Use Infill Code, Dover, Kohl & Partners and Spikowski Planning Associates |
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| SmartCode v. 9.0, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company |
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| Sonoma Development Code (14.4 MB pdf), Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, Moule & Polyzoides, Jacobson & Wack, and Urban Design Studio |
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| Ventura Downtown Specific Plan, Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, Moule & Polyzoides, and Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates |
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| Miami 21Zoning Code, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company |
Sympathetic Organizations |
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| National Charrette Institute |
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| Congress for the New Urbanism |
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| New Urban News |
FBCI Board Members’ Code Sites |
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| Ferrell Madden Lewis LLC |
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| Opticos Design, Inc. |
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| Spikowski Planning Associates |
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