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Daniel Parolek to teach the Form-Based Code Institute Course: ABCs of Form-Based Codes, in Oakland, CA on November 4

ABCs of Form-Based Codes
November 4, Oakland (California State Building)
8:30-5:45 pm

Is your zoning getting in the way of your communities Smart Growth Strategies? Will it be a hurdle for your attainment to SB 375 mandated targets? Are you an infill developer frustrated by NIMBYism, discretionary review and zoning that is unwieldy and anti-urban? Are you a citizen who wants predictable results from new development? Are you confused about all the hype around form-based planning, coding, or zoning? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Form-Based Codes are a zoning reform alternative you need to know about and the opportunity to learn from the nation’s leading experts is coming to the Bay Area.

The Form-Based Codes Institute, a national leader in establishing Form-Based Coding best practices, is holding a day-long course in the Bay Area that will teach you the fundamentals of Form-Based Coding. Come learn from the nation’s leading Form-Based Code practitioners and city staff implementing Form-Based Codes. Speakers will include Daniel Parolek, Bay Area architect and urbanist and co-author of the first comprehensive book on the topic called, “Form-Based Codes: A Guide to Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers,” Stefanos Polyzoides, founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Daniel Sloane, co-author of, “The legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development,” and Kaizer Rangwala who has been implementing and administering Form-Based Codes as the Assistant Community Development Director for Ventura, California.

Form-based codes foster predictable built results and a high-quality public realm by using physical form (rather than separation of uses) as the organizing principle for the code. They are not guidelines; they are city or county regulations that provide an alternative to conventional zoning.  ~ FBCI Definitions

Topics to be explored:

• Definition, components of, and process for creating Form-Based Codes
• Diverse types of application: Downtowns and historic neighborhoods, corridor revitalization, TOD, special districts, and the creation of new neighborhoods in large greenfield or brownfield sites.
• The Specific Plan as a tool to implement comprehensive FBCs
• Form-Based Coding approaches at a city-wide scale
• Why are FBCs necessary to get California to sustainable development models?
• 10 Common Mistakes to avoid

This course can replace FBC 101 as a prerequisite for FBC 201 and FBC 301 courses taught by the FBCI. This course provides 9.75 hours continuing education credit for AIA CES and APA/AICP. For more information, visit: http://www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html