Creating Compact, Walkable, and Mixed-Use Neighborhoods through Form-Based Codes
Many cities in the United States are reassessing their use-based zoning codes in light of the increasing health, environmental, and economic costs of sprawl. To counter the car-centric system of development codified in use-based zoning codes, some pioneering cities have adopted form-based codes that seek to structure cities into compact and walkable neighborhoods.
This template provides the framework for a one page executive summary to a Mayor, City Manager, or other Chief Executive on creating compact, walkable, and mixed-use neighborhoods through form-based codes. The template can be utilzed as a press conference briefing, stakeholder meeting briefing or a conversation outline if the Sustainability Officer only has 30 seconds to discuss this issue with the municipal executive.
It is important to note that this template is offered only as a starting point. Sustainability Officers will need to customize this briefing document to reflect the specific conditions and data of their local communities and proposals.
Any party with an interest in an initiative.A term typically applied to real estate development projects that combine residential and commercial or retail components.
