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Champion Great Neighborhoods

Goal 1: Foster Healthy and Attractive Neighborhoods
Objective 1: Gain Compliance of Property Maintenance, Health, and Animal Codes
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
CGN Form-Based Code Project Completion Planning & Development Services
1.1.3
Summary:
Estimated Actual
Milestone
At the October 25, 2023, City Council Work Session, Completion Completion
Council directed staff to move forward with the Public Engagement/ Mar. 2025 Mar. 2025
development of a form-based code (FBC). Form-based Charettes begin
codes are an alternative to conventional zoning and foster 1 Draft FBC begins Apr.-May 2025 June 2025
st
predictable built results and a high-quality public realm by Continue Public June 2025 July-August
using physical form (rather than separation of uses) as the Outreach 2025
organizing principle for the code. This code would be P&Z and CC Work July 2025
adopted into the UDC and be a mandatory code. Sessions
Finalize FBC July-Aug. 2025
This consultant developed FBC will provide a planning P&Z Work Session(s) Aug.-Sept. 2025
platform for development and redevelopment of the area CC Work Session(s) Aug. 2025
in historical urban form. It will replace existing zoning Adopt FBC Sept.-Oct. 2025
districts. It will establish a precedent – a model – for
Begin Oct.-Dec. 2025
Arlington moving forward to rebuild inefficient, implementation of
unwalkable, single-use blocks and streets.
FBC
The FBC consultant, working with City’s FBC staff, will Update:
perform the initial review and analysis of the area and Post-charrette stakeholder meetings were held in April and
conduct a healthy public design process to include public May, engaging groups such as Walkable Arlington, the
workshops and/or design charettes. The consultant will
North Central Historic Neighborhood, Mount Olive Baptist
develop a code to ensure and regulate high quality public Church, Downtown Redevelopment Team (DRT), and other
spaces defined by a variety of building types – including developers.
housing, retail, office space, and recreational/green space.
The new code will incorporate a regulating plan, building The Form-Based Code (FBC) Framework was presented to
form standards, street standards (plan and section), use
the City Council on May 27, 2025, and to the Planning and
regulations as needed, descriptive building or lot types, Zoning Commission on June 4, 2025. Additionally, staff met
and other elements needed to implement the principals of with representatives from the neighborhood west of
functional and vital urbanism.
Meadowbrook Park.
On February 27, 2024, MPC reviewed and evaluated areas
By the end of June, the consultants began drafting the
based upon feasibility criteria such as location, visioning, code.
funding for form-based codes. After the review, MPC
picked their top three areas of interest:

• East Abram (Collins to 360)
• Division Street (Cooper to Collins)
• Matlock/Cooper and Pioneer Parkway intersection

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