Whereas traditional use-based zoning, also known as Euclidean zoning, focuses on segregating uses, form-based codes focus on a building’s size and placement in relation to the street and other ...

During an open house last week, city staff members worked to inform landowners and residents about the new form-based code they plan to use. "There are several reasons we're using form-based code ...

Form-based code, overlay zones and mixed-use zoning were the options listed for analysis, to which the existing town code was added. Councilmember Maud Robinson said that although she said she was ...

A further point is made that “while traditional zoning codes focus first on the use of land, FBC’s prioritize the form of buildings based on the belief that form is more important than the use ...

"You can't start a form-based code out of thin air," Ferrell said ... to recreate East Street as an urban corridor with mixed-use development and various modes of transportation is expected ...

For the past 92 years, the city of Cleveland has seen its share of buildings razed and erected, streets widened and others narrowed, trees planted in lots and parking spaces in others. And for ...

In doing so, Kingston became one of the few cities in the U.S. to entirely replace its existing zoning with a form-based code, which regulates land use based on the physical form and design of ...

Since the early 1980s, more than 360 communities across the United States have dialed back on Euclidean zoning and have adopted form-based codes, according to the Congress for New Urbanism.

Arlington city leaders are considering a large area for its first attempt at form-based code, an alternative to traditional use-based zoning. Council members expressed mixed feelings, with some ...

A form-based code is a way to create a particular type ... and she doesn't expect it to move completely away from that use, Kuzemchak said. Fitting into a neighborhood and being forced to leave ...