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Flagstaff Land Development Code & Zoning Ordinance Rewrite
Flagstaff, Arizona

We are rewriting the entire existing zoning code with the goal of enabling and incentivizing sustainable, pedestrian-oriented development within the City of Flagstaff. The City of Flagstaff has made considerable progress in implementing the concepts of Smart Growth and sustainability in the Regional Plan and with the SmartCode-based TND Ordinance. The zoning code will be to reinforce and build upon this progress. Our proposed process will create a zoning code that applies the best practices of Form-Based Coding to select areas of the City, in combination with a more conventional, but graphically oriented and user-friendly update of the rest of the code.

The areas that will be updated with a Form-Based Code are not yet defined, our methodology will direct us to recommended locations from which the City will choose what areas to focus on. Our team’s analysis at the citywide macro scale creates the framework for the application of the Form-Based Zones, while the micro scale analysis of blocks, lots and buildings creates the “DNA” or content for the Fom-Based Code that makes it locally calibrated.

The final product will be an easy-to-use Development Code that reinforces the unique character of Flagstaff and a sustainable future.