Part 4: How Form-Based Codes Are Written
In this final part of their series, Mary Madden and Joel Russell discuss the vital relationship between the planning process and the development of a form-based code….
In this final part of their series, Mary Madden and Joel Russell discuss the vital relationship between the planning process and the development of a form-based code….
…built in the same community by different developers, both at 20 units per acre, following the same zoning regulations. (Note that both pictures show building fronts.) credit: Mary Madden/Ferrell Madden. This system has yielded several…
…code. Charrettes are often used as part of this process. More on public participation and charrettes in Part 4 of our article. Photo courtesy of Ferrell Madden. Misconception #2 — Form-Based Codes Require High Density…
In Parts 1 and 2 we described the fundamentals of form-based codes (FBCs), explained why the development of FBCs is important to communities, and looked at key differences between FBCs and a conventional zoning code….