Form-Based Codes:
A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities,
and Developers

Templates

Fig. 3-20: Block Documentation Matrix (32 KB xls)

Fig. 3-25: Thoroughfare Documentation Sheet (48 KB pdf)

Fig. 3-26: Frontage Type Documentation Sheet (44 KB pdf)

Fig. 3-27: Building Type Documentation Sheet (96 KB pdf)

Case Studies

Development Code Update and Form-Based Code, Grass Valley, California (3.3 MB pdf)

Downtown Master Plan and Form-Based Code, Benicia, California (6.6 MB pdf)

Form-Based Code for Mixed-Use Infill, Sarasota County, Florida (6.1 MB pdf)

Heart of Peoria Land Development Code, Peoria, Illinois (10.3 MB pdf)

Miami 21 SmartCode, Miami, Florida

Montgomery, Alabama
• Citywide SmartCode
• Downtown Master Plan

Santa Ana Downtown Renaissance Specific Plan, Santa Ana, California

TOD SmartCode, Leander, Texas (10.5 MB pdf)

Towns, Villages, and Countryside, St. Lucie County, Florida (7.8 MB pdf)

Ventura, California
• Downtown Ventura Specific Plan (12 MB pdf)
• Main Street and Thompson Boulevard FBC (49.6 MB pdf)

Other FBCs and Planning Documents

2005 Ventura General Plan, Ventura, California

Blue Springs Downtown Development Code, Blue Springs, Missouri

Downtown Newhall Specific Plan, Santa Clarita, California, draft, September 13, 2005

Heart of Peoria, Implementation Charrette Report & Master Plan, Peoria, Illinois, public review draft, May 2006

North St. Lucie County Charrette: A Citizens’ Master Plan, St. Lucie County, Florida

SmartCode & Manual

Uptown Whittier Specific Plan, Whittier, California

Web Sites

Charrette Institute

Charter of the New Urbanism

City of Grass Valley, California

City of Miami, Florida

City of Montgomery, Alabama

City of Peoria, Illinois

Congress for the New Urbanism

Fannie Mae Location Efficient Mortgage (LEM) Calculator

Form-Based Codes Institute

Local Government Commission

New Urban Timeline

Smart Growth Network

St. Lucie County, Florida

Wikipedia