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SMARTCODES - ADOPTED
Collaborative map of adopted SmartCodes
Abbeville, Louisiana - June 2006
Conway, Arkansas - October 2006 - optional
Dardienne Prairie - July 2007 - mandatory for Uptown Zoning District
Flagstaff, Arizona - November 2007 - floating zone for areas designated Mixed Use or TND in Regional Plan
El Paso, Texas - July 2008 - optional
Flowood, Mississippi - October 2005 - optional
Elmore, Alabama - June 2006 - optional
Fort Myers, Florida - September 2005 - mandatory for downtown (Chapter 118, Article VII)
Germantown, Tennessee - August 2007 - mandatory for 800 acre business district
Gulfport, Mississippi - February 2007 - optional; October 2007 - mandatory for Old Gulfport Community Plan and Mississippi City Plan
Jefferson County, AL - August 2008 - Regional Sector Plan
Kona, Hawaii - September 2008 - mandatory for TODs
Lake Charles, LA - June 2006 - mandatory for Downtown Lakefront district, City Ordinance 13701
Lawrence, Kansas - January 2009 - optional
Leander, Texas - September 2005 - mandatory for jurisdiction
Liberty, Missouri - December 2006 - optional
Mesquite, TX - November 2007 - mandatory for Truman Heights Neighborhood District
- August 2008 - Regional Sector Plan for 20 square miles of Greenfield territory and extraterritorial jurisdiction.
- September 2008 - mandatory SmartCode for the Greenfield territory within the Kaufman-Interstate 20 District
Montgomery, Alabama - January 2006 - optional; May 2007 - mandatory for downtown
Pass Christian, Mississippi - April 2007 - optional
Petaluma, California - July 2003 - mandatory for 400 acres in Central Petaluma
- Case Study
- Presentation
Pike Road, Alabama - August 2005 - mandatory for Sectors O-1, G-3, G-4
San Antonio, Texas - December 2007 - mandatory for City South
Sarasota, Florida - June 2004 - mandatory for downtown
St. Charles, Missouri (New Town only) - June 2003 - optional
Taos, New Mexico - March 2009 - mandatory for Chemisa Verde

SMARTCODES - IN PROCESS
Collaborative map of SmartCodes in process
Airdrie, Alberta
Azusa, California
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Blakely, Georgia
Bran, Romania
Broward County, Florida
Bull Street, infill, Columbia, South Carolina
Caroline County, Virginia
Columbia, South Carolina
D'Iberville, Mississippi
Dade County, Florida
Davie, Florida
Delcambre, Louisiana
Dover, New Hampshire
Erath, Louisiana
Early County, Georgia
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Gautier, Mississippi
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hamden, Connecticut
Harrison County, Mississippi
Hillsborough County, Florida
Hollywood, Florida
Hutto, Texas
Iowa City, Iowa
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jefferson County, Alabama
Johns Island, South Carolina
Kona, Hawaii
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lancaster, Texas
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Lauderhill, Florida
Long Beach, Mississippi
Margate, Florida
McClellan, Alabama
Mesquite, TX – Gus Thomasson Corridor Revitalization Code. City Wide Form-Based Unified Development Code – 2009.
Miami, Florida
Miami Gardens, Florida
Michigan City, IN - North End
Miramar, Florida
Monroe, Georgia
Montpelier, Vermont
Moss Point, Mississippi
New Castle County, Delaware
North Lauderdale, Florida
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Parkland, Florida
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Plantation, Florida
Post Falls, Idaho
Saucier, Mississippi
Sebastopol Northeast Area, California
Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, California
South Fork, Colorado
Spartanburg, South Carolina - Mandatory for Downtown
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Tamarac, Florida
Tarpon Springs, Florida - Optional overlay
Ukiah Downtown, California
Ventura, California
Waveland, Mississippi
West Park, Florida
Winter Park, Florida

OTHER TRANSECT-BASED CODES - ADOPTED & IN PROCESS *
Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Adopted October 2006
Columbus, Ohio - Adopted June 2001 (Article II of Chapter 3320)
Farmer's Branch, Texas
Jupiter, Florida - Adopted
Kendall in Miami-Dade County, Florida - Adopted 1999 (Chapter 33, Article XXXIII(I))
Miami, Florida - Adopted 1993
McKinney, Texas - Adopted for 5,000 acres
Onondaga County, New York - September 2000
Saratoga Springs, NY
St. Lucie County, Florida - Adopted May 2006
Syracuse, New York - September 2000
Collaborative map of other Form-Based Codes
* Not a complete list of codes that refer to the Transect

NOT ADOPTED
Orlando, Florida
Vicksburg, Mississippi

ECONOMIC IMPACTS
Abbeville, Louisiana
+ Duany Plater Zyberk & Company Retail Analysis
Fayetteville, Arkansas
+ Urban Advisors Economic Analysis
Flowood, Mississippi
+ Richard Ridgeway's Flowood Town Center project had a DPZ charrette in January 2006, enabled by the Flowood SmartCode.
Leander, Texas
The TOD / SmartCode Initiative is estimated to generate $0.8 billion in additional tax base value.
Petaluma, California
+ $150 million of new development entitled, approved and built since July 2003.
Pike Road, Alabama
+ Pike Road was able to annex The Waters, a $1 billion Traditional Neighborhood Development of seven hamlets, after passing the Pike Road SmartCode.
Sarasota, Florida
+ Economics Research Associates, Washington, DC
State Route 7 Initiative, Florida
+ ULI Study
Sprawl Costs
+ Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development
GulfGov Reports: Eighteen Months Later
+ A Continuing Look at the Recovery, Role, and Capacity of States and Localities Damaged by the Katrina and Rita Hurricanes



A R T I C L E S
What is the SmartCode? (124kb)
Jennifer Hurley

SmartCode Customization (84kb)
Jennifer Hurley

The SmartCode & Affordability (60kb)
Jennifer Hurley

SmartCode Implementation Options (72kb)
Jennifer Hurley

A New TND Ordinance for Flagstaff, AZ (140kb)
Roger Eastman

SmartCode Comes to New England (244kb)
New Urban News

Smart Codes, Smart Places (6mb)
Jason Miller, On Common Ground

A New Theory of Urbanism (225kb)
Andrés Duany, Scientific American

Transect Introduction (825kb)
Andrés Duany, Journal of Urban Design

Making Main Street Legal Again: The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl
Chad Emerson, Berkley Press

Blocks & Boxes (1.5mb)
Steve Mouzon, The New Urban Guild

Place Making with Form-Based Codes
Mary Madden and Bill Spikowski, Urban Land

The SmartCode & Environmental Considerations (818kb)
Milt Rhodes' tool for managing change in the landscape.

The Legal Context for the Smart Code (44kb)
Daniel K. Slone, Esquire

SmartCode Retail Paper (788kb)
Seth Harry

A Short History of Suburban Retail (52kb)
Seth Harry

The Agricultural Transect (852kb)
Andrés Duany

The Transect & Lexicon
Andrés Duany

Philosophical Points of the SmartCode: An Interview
Michael Mehaffy interviews Andrés Duany.

SmartCode v1 Released (archival: January 2003)
TND Town Paper



S M A R T C O D E   T I M E L I N E
January 2003 SmartCode v1 released
June 2003 New Town St. Charles, Missouri SmartCode adopted
July 2003 Petaluma, California SmartCode adopted
Sept 2003 SmartCode Workshop Kentlands, Maryland
Feb 2004 SmartCode Workshop San Diego
June 2004 Sarasota, Florida SmartCode adopted
July 2004 California institutionalizes form-based zoning
Oct 2004 SmartCode Workshop Fort Worth
April 2005 SmartCode free of licensing fee
April 2005 SmartCode Workshop Atlanta
May 2005 SmartCode Listserv launched
Aug 2005 Pike Road, Alabama SmartCode adopted
Sept 2005 Fort Myers, Florida SmartCode adopted
Sept 2005 Leander, Texas SmartCode adopted
Oct 2005 Flowood, Mississippi SmartCode adopted
Oct 2005 SmartCode Workshop Miami
Oct 2005 Mississippi Gulf Coast Model SmartCode
Jan 2006 Montgomery, Alabama SmartCode adopted
Mar 2006 SmartCode Workshop Biloxi
June 2006 Lake Charles, Louisiana SmartCode adopted
June 2006 Abbeville, Louisiana SmartCode adopted
June 2006 Elmore, Alabama SmartCode adopted
Sept 2006 SmartCode Pro Session Miami
Oct 2006 Conway, Arkansas SmartCode adopted
Dec 2006 Liberty, Missouri SmartCode adopted
Jan 2007 SmartCode Pro Session New Orleans
Mar 2007 SmartCode Workshop Austin
March 2007 SmartCodeComplete.com launched
Feb 2007 Gulfport, Mississippi SmartCode adopted
April 2007 Pass Christian, Mississippi SmartCode adopted
May 2007 Montgomery, Alabama mandatory downtown SmartCode adopted
July 2007 Dardenne Prairie, Missouri mandatory for Uptown Zoning District SmartCode adopted
August 2007 Germantown, Tennessee SmartCode adopted
October 2007 Gulfport, Mississippi mandatory Old Gulfport Community Plan and Mississippi City Plan SmartCode adopted
November 2007 Mesquite, Texas Truman Heights SmartCode adopted
November 2007 Flagstaff, Arizona optional SmartCode adopted
November 2007 SmartCode Workshop Miami
December 2007 San Antonio, Texas mandatory for City South
May 2008 SmartCode Workshop Denver
July 2008 El Paso Texas, SmartCode adopted
August 2008 Mesquite, Texas SmartCode Sector Plan adopted
August 2008 Jefferson County, Alabama SmartCode Sector Plan adopted
September 2008 Kona, Hawaii mandatory for TODs SmartCode adopted
September 2008 Mesquite, Texas Greenfield SmartCode adopted
November 2008 SmartCode Workshop Charleston
January 2009 Lawrence, Kansas optional SmartCode adopted
March 2009 Taos, New Mexico SmartCode adopted
April 2009 SmartCode Workshop Decatur (Atlanta metro)


L I N K S
Bungalow Studio
SmartCode Central
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
Congress for the New Urbanism
The New Urban Guild
TND Town Paper
New Urban News
KATARXIS

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