The City's Community Planning Program began in February 2008. For a brief over view of the program read the City of Tampa Community Planning & Form-Based Codes Programs Brochure.
"Form-based codes address the relationship between building facades and the public realm, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the scale and types of streets and blocks." Form-Based Codes Institute
General Form-Based Code Information
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Form-Based Codes Institute (website)
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Definition of a Form-Based Code (PDF, 48 kb)
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Eight Advantages of Form-Based Codes (PDF, 17 kb)
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Checklist for Identifying and Evaluating Form-Based Codes (PDF, 18 kb)
Form-Based Code Examples
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Buena Vista, CO (PDF, 3.7 mb)
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Cape Coral, FL (PDF, 2,276 kb)
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City of Santa Ana, CA (PDF, 7,857 kb)
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City of Sonoma, CA (PDF, 11,145 kb)
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Sarasota, FL (PDF, 6,428 kb)
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Principles for Inner City Neighborhood Design (PDF, 3.4 MB)
Other Useful Links
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FDOT Green Book (website)
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American Planning Association (website)
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Congress for New Urbanism (website)