A Delaware Guide to Form-Based Codes
William J. DeCoursey · Library, Museums and Press - UDSpace (University of Delaware) · 2014
A Delaware Guide to Form-Based Codes Conventional zoning codes can be notoriously tedious and difficult to understand.Alternatively, Form-Based Codes (FBCs) allow you to use pictures and diagrams to easily describe the types of development, redevelopment, parking, buildings, streets, open space, and so on that are acceptable in your community.FBCs use simple, everyday language and can cut up to sixty percent out of the length of the code.FBCs may vary greatly from town to town, big city to small village.However, all FBCs address, at minimum, four common factors: 1. Regulating plan (zoning map), 2. Building type and location, 3. Open space considerations, and 4. Design and function of streets (thoroughfare standards).They lay out, in broad strokes, the type, size, and scale of desired development.