Planners Training Service One-Day Workshop

Sustainable Development Through Form-Based Codes

Portland, Oregon • February 19, 2013

Advanced Training for Practicing Planners

Cities and towns across the country are adopting form-based codes. Is yours next? This informative, engaging workshop will give you the tools to get started.

In just one day, you'll learn how form-based zoning helps communities frame their vision and keep their character. A short presentation will introduce the components and uses of form-based codes. Then you'll delve into making a code of your own. Using a case study site and scale models, you'll get hands-on practice creating an illustrative plan, regulating plan, and building and street envelope standards.

Crack the code! Put your community on track for a more sustainable future through form-based zoning.

This workshop is cosponsored by APA Oregon Chapter.


Pricing and registration information

You'll learn about:

  • Using form-based codes for community design and spatial planning
  • Choosing a format and key components for your community's code
  • Creating a strong vision statement and visually compelling plans
  • Setting clear standards for building, street, and landscape designs
  • Developing workable regulations to implement plans effectively
  • Establishing measurable objectives for sustainable development
  • Bringing the benefits of form-based codes to your community

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Schedule

8:30–9:00 a.m.
Check-In

9:00 a.m.–noon
Lecture/Presentation

Noon–1:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided by APA)

1:00–5:00 p.m.
Lecture/Presentation/Planning Exercise

Course Agenda

Download a detailed agenda (pdf)

Certification Maintenance Credits

AICP members earn CM | 7.0 credits for participation in this one-day workshop. Partial credit is not available.

Presenter

Mark L. Gillem, AICP, is principal of the Urban Collaborative, a master planning and urban design practice based in Eugene, Oregon. Currently, his firm is looking into whether converting one of Eugene's arterial roads into a multiway boulevard could create mixed use and infill development in the area. Gillem also teaches architecture and urban design at the University of Oregon.