Reference Library

Form Based Zoning

• Form First - The New Urbanist alternative to conventional zoning Planning magazine, November 2004, APA
• Form-Based Codes Institute
  This website has been created by FBCI, an alliance of form-based coding practitioners recently convened to set standards for and disseminate information about the technique.
• Form-Based Development Regulation: Promise and Practice
  Geoffrey Ferrell - Ferrell Madden Lewis (APA-Utah Chapter webcast, April 2, 2010)
  • Webcast archive (Right click to download or follow the link to automatically open in Windows Media Player)
  • PDF of the webcast
• Sustainability in Land Use Planning: Development Rating Systems and Regulatory Approaches
  Sponsored by the Connecticut Chapter of APA, May 27, 2010
  • Webcast archive (Right click to download or follow the link to automatically open in Windows Media Player)
  • PDF of the webcast
• On December 9, 2009, the City of Dover adopted a Form Based Code for the Downtown Area. more...
• A description of the implementation of Dover's form based code from Innovative Land Use Controls: Reexamining Your Zoning Ordinance, NHMA Law Lecture #3, Fall 2012. more...
• Stratham Gateway Business Commercial District
  By Julie Labranche - NNECAPA NH State Director
  In March 2010, the Town of Stratham, New Hampshire became the second community in the state to adopt a zoning ordinance based on the principals of form based code. In 2009, the City of Dover adopted a form based code ordinance to guide redevelopment in their downtown district. Both communities adopted their form based code ordinances as authorized under RSA 674:21 II Innovative Land Use Controls and RSA 674:16 Grant of Power. Read the whole Yankee Planner article...
• The Rules That Shape Urban Form
  This practical new PAS report examines six cities that adopted "form-based" zoning tools and reveals the results. more...