Form-Based Codes: Implementing Smart Growth

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Simply put, form-based codes emphasize the appearance and qualities of the public realm, the places created by buildings.

Form-based codes place a primary emphasis on building type, dimensions, parking location and façade features, and less emphasis on uses. They stress the appearance of the streetscape, or public realm, over long lists of different use types.

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