Ways to Fail at Form-Based Codes 04: Don’t Capture the Character

Placemakers, May 16, 2013

By: Hazel Borys, PlaceMakers, LLC

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Form-Based Zoning

This blog post discusses a major way form-based codes can fail which is when a municipality fails to capture local character within the code’s basic metrics. It includes examples of unintended consequences when a municipality failed to get their metrics right like street width and density control when applying their form-based or hybrid codes.