seminole heights’ new zoning experiment
With all the talk about how difficult city government makes it to open a new business, Tampa has decided to dip its toes into Form Based Coding. The Seminole Heights neighborhood has a chance to try out the relatively new idea.
Wikipedia says
Form-based codes are a new response to the modern challenges of urban sprawl, deterioration of historic neighborhoods, and neglect of pedestrian safety in new development. Tradition has declined as a guide to development patterns, and the widespread adoption by cities of single-use zoning regulations has discouraged compact, walkable urbanism. Form-based codes are a tool to address these deficiencies, and to provide local governments the regulatory means to achieve development objectives with greater certainty.
I suppose we will see about that.
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April 4th, 2008 at 8:06 am
I hope they actually stick to it.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Temple Terrace is using a form-based code for their redevelopment area.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Oh Noooooooz!