Building Support For Form Based Plans - Carlat CNU 17
1. Building Support for Form-Based
Comprehensive Plans
Congress for the New Urbanism – June 11, 2009
2. Attempts to develop with emphasis on
character and form will always be
compromised if the community does not
plan for character and form.
Ironically, likely need some form-based
development to help community make the
leap to infusing the plan with form.
4. Education and Cultural Change
Basics of Community Planning
Form & Character Matter
Form & Character Vary
Newer Themes – Regionalism and
Sustainability
5. Basics of Community Planning
What makes a “complete community”?
Employment and services in proximity to
housing
Housing choice
Transportation choice
Recreational
opportunities
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11. Land Use Policy Application
Primary focus on
Land Use and
Density
14. Evolution of Zoning Tools
Urban Design Overlay
(UDO)
“Overlay” on base zoning,
which controls uses
Regulates form, not use
No variances, limited
opportunity to modify
24. Transect Methodology
The Transect
A tool for understanding, categorizing, and designing
the natural and build environment from rural to
urban.
Encourages diversity of development rather
than homogeneity.
25. Natural
Different transect Rural
categories can sit side by
side,
Suburban
but within any transect
category, all elements of
development should be Urban
consistent.
Center
Core
27. Combining the Transect and Form
Community Character Manual (CCM) – 2008
Reference guide for all Community Character Policies
Community Character Policies
To preserve community character
Changes emphasis from land use and density to the form
and character
Provides clear urban design guidance
28. What is Community Character?
The quality of a community as defined by its:
built environment;
natural features and open space;
infrastructure, public facilities and services; and
public realm – the character of its roadways and
streetscape.
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30. T3 Suburban Neighborhood
• Moderate to deep setbacks
• Informal landscaping
• Shoulder and swale, likely
no sidewalk
• Larger lots and smaller
building footprint
• Moderate connectivity,
often with curvilinear
streets
31. T4 Urban Neighborhood
• Shallow setbacks
• Formal landscaping
• Curb and gutter with
sidewalk
• Smaller lots and larger
building footprint
• High connectivity with linear
streets, shorter block lengths
and complete grid