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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />r~;rm-Based Zoning <br /> <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />Sessions <br /> <br />Workshops <br />Special Events <br />Hot Topics <br />People <br /> <br /> <br />_Saturday i Sunday I <br /> <br />I VVednesday <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Tuesday, <br /> <br />27, 2004 <br /> <br />Meqan Lewis, AlCP <br />AP4 Senior Research <br /> <br />Nany of the places thought of as are areas that developed prior to the <br />adoption of Euclidean zoning regulations. These places -" representative examples <br />are Chicago's Loop District and San Francisco --. are the products of development <br />that occurred based on on physical form rather than on controlling <br />uses. <br /> <br />VVhile the term "form-based codes" is around 11/2 years old, the concept of basing <br />regulation on form has been around for a while, under a variety of names - <br />pelformance zoning and district-based zoning being among the "ancestors" of form- <br />based zoning. <br /> <br />In contrast to conventional zoning codes, form-based codes are highly illustrated <br />and involve a significant level of A panel of practitioners <br />discussed how form-based zoning codes seek to recapture a development pattern <br />that focuses on "form" before "function," <br /> <br />Because they separate uses into distinct districts, conventional zoning regulations <br />often make it difficult to create mixed-use communities, a goal many planners <br />pursue, This separation has also resulted in many instances in disconnecting <br />planning and urban design, By presenting the principles and concepts in an <br />illustrated form, form..based codes work to reconnect tllese two areas and define a <br />desirable form for an area, <br /> <br />In addition to having a direct impact on shaping form, form-based codes involve a <br />much more extensive process than the development of a <br />conventional code does, The charrette process is the mechanism for <br />community and input. The is to have citizens be fully and <br />involved in the process, so that the have ownership over it. It also re- <br />emphasizes the focus on form of a place over the specific uses, <br /> <br />VVhiie examples of Sonoma! Hercules, and Petaiuma, California, were presented as <br />places that have adopted form-based codes, rural areas have also embraced these <br />codes. A prime exampie Is Woodford Country, Kentucky, where a proposed Wa!-Nart <br />spurred the community to undertake a charrette process and adopt a form-based <br />code. In addition, "rust-belt" cities like Syracuse, New York; Saratoga Springs, Nevv <br />and Providence, Rhode Island, have also form-based codes, <br /> <br />Paul Crawford, FAlC?, of Cravvford Mu!tarl &. Clark presented the following principles <br />for form-based codes: <br /> <br />'* Work from a defining pattern! such as the Transect or a system of <br />districts, and corridors <br />'* De-emphasize land use in favor of building form and typology <br />'* E:mphasize mixed uses and mixed use housing <br />'* Focus on the streetscape and the realm <br />* Conduct a public participation process <br /> <br /> <br />To create a form-based code, Crawford suggested a five-step approach: <br /> <br />http://www.planning.org/conferencecoverage/2004/tuesday/formbased.htm <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br />1/3/2005 <br />