The following definition of "form-based code" is slightly edited from the Form-Based Codes Institute. Form-based codes foster predictable built results and a high-quality public realm by using ...

Form-based codes, on the other hand, employ a more holistic and prescriptive approach to town/regional planning based on a city’s long-term conceptual master plan. Emphasis is placed on the physical ...

Charlottesville planners did not recommend that the City Council adopt a new form-based code for an area near downtown. They didn’t recommend that the council deny it, either. The city Planning ...

For it to be implemented, it requires the passage of the form-based code. Farr held three meetings - or "charrettes" - over the past two years. He held up a picture of a nice looking building ...

Rebecca Boxall envisions part of the city including the intersection of Collins Street and Abram Street in Arlington looking very differently with form-based code. Instead of a chaotic assortment ...

The Ramona form based code — the guideline for building in the community — is being updated to clarify rules and regulations and to make the process easier for business owners. Since its ...

Media officials are considering changing some of the borough’s current zoning laws in favor of a little-known system called form-based code. The borough has yet to schedule a vote on this set of ...

“The purpose of these form-based codes is to mimic the patterns of development that exist in Marin County already,” said Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters. “It’s copying the patterns of ...

Its Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee passed what's called Form-Based Code, some 200 pages of rewrites that will completely reshape how the city's look and feel is developed over ...

Form-based zoning codes are intended to create uniform character and visual appeal in certain areas by regulating the physical form of proposed development, rather than the types of uses (i.e ...

The discussion will update the mayor and aldermen on the progress of the city's transition to a form-based code for the busy transportation corridor on its eastern side, an area that mixes a ...