Questions to Answer Before Drafting a Code

Bio: Bill Spikowski, FAICP, has operated the nationally recognized consulting firm Spikowski Planning Associates since 1992. His firm specializes in innovative comprehensive planning, community and redevelopment plans, and land development codes, primarily for public agencies and community organizations. Prior to his consulting career, Bill served Lee County (FL) government as principal planner and director of growth management.

Education: BA, Western Illinois University

Key Publications: --- Slone, Daniel K., Goldstein, Doris S., and Gowder, W. Andrew. Wiley, August 2008. A legal guide to urban and sustainable development for planners, developers and architects (Bill Spikowski was a contributing author to Chapter 4). --– Parolek, Daniel G., Parolek, Karen, and Crawford, Paul C. Wiley, March 2008. Form-based codes: a guide for planners, urban designers, municipalities, and developers. (Bill Spikowski authored two of the case studies in Chapter 4). --- Stroud, Hubert B. and Spikowski, William M. 1999. “Planning in the wake of Florida land scams.” Journal of Planning Education and Research (Volume 19, No. 1).

Other Publications: –-- Spikowski, Bill. 2010. “Form-Based Codes.” Florida Planning (Winter 2010). –-- Madden, Mary E. and Spikowski, Bill. September 2006. “Place Making With Form-Based Codes.” Urban Land (Volume 65, No. 9). –-- Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, 2005 (contributing author and editorial committee member). A Guidebook to New Urbanism in Florida 2005.

Past Assignments: --– 2012, Florida Section of Institute of Transportation Engineers Transpo 2012 Conference. Presentation topic: “Complete Thoroughfares: Planning for the 21st Century.” Page 4 of 9 --– 2012, Conference panel. Naples: American Planning Association State Conference. Panel topic: “Ethics: Life in the Trenches.” --- 2012, Lecture. Tampa: CLE International Land Use Law Conference. Lecture topic: “Regulating Traditional Neighborhoods with Form-Based Codes: Principles and Trends.” --– 2012, Regional Summit for “Seven Counties, Fifty Years” in Delray Beach FL. Lecture topic: “The Numbers, and Why They Matter in Regional Planning.” --– 2012, Lecture. American Planning Association, Florida Chapter, “Charting a New Course – How Planners are Changing Our Communities’ Futures.” Lecture topic: “Planning Adventures in El Paso.”