C A S E   S T U D I E S
SMARTCODES - ADOPTED
Coconut Grove, portion of Miami, Florida
FEC, portion of Miami, Florida
Flowood, Mississippi - October 2005 - optional
Fort Myers, Florida - September 2005 - mandatory for downtown
Leander, Texas - September 2005 - mandatory for jurisdiction
Long Beach, Mississippi - February 2007
Montgomery, Alabama - January 2006 - optional
Petaluma, California - July 2003 - mandatory for 400 acres in Central
Petaluma
- Petaluma Summary
- Case Study
- Presentation
- Petaluma SmartCode Online
Pike Road, Alabama - August 2005 - mandatory for Sectors O-1, G-3, G-4
Sarasota, Florida - June 2004 - mandatory for downtown

SMARTCODES - IN PROCESS
Airdrie, Alberta
Azusa, California
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Blakely, Georgia
Broward County, Florida
Bull Street, infill, Columbia, South Carolina
Caroline County, Virginia
Columbia, South Carolina
Dade County, Florida
Davie, Florida
Early County, Georgia
Elmore, Alabama
El Paso, Texas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Gautier, Mississippi
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gulfport, Mississippi
Harrison County, Mississippi
Hillsborough County, Florida
Hollywood, Florida
Iowa City, Iowa
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lancaster, Texas
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Lauderhill, Florida
Lawrence, Kansas
Margate, Florida
McClellan, Alabama
Miami, Florida
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miramar, Florida
Monroe, Georgia
Montpelier, Vermont
Moss Point, Mississippi
North Lauderdale, Florida
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Parkland, Florida
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Pass Christian, Mississippi
Plantation, Florida
Post Falls, Idaho
San Antonio, Texas
Sebastopol Northeast Area, California
Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, California
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Tamarac, Florida
Tarpon Springs, Florida - Optional overlay
Ukiah Downtown, California
Ventura, California
Waveland, Mississippi
West Park, Florida

OTHER TRANSECT-BASED CODES - ADOPTED & IN PROCESS
Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Adopted
Biloxi, Mississippi
Columbus, Ohio - Adopted June 2001
D'Iberville, Mississippi
Farmer's Branch, Texas
Jupiter, Florida - Adopted
Miami, Florida - Adopted 1993
Onondaga County, New York - September 2000
Syracuse, New York - September 2000
West Palm Beach, Florida - Adopted 1995

NOT ADOPTED
Orlando, Florida
Vicksburg, Mississippi

ECONOMIC IMPACTS
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 at least $1.8 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

A R T I C L E S
Transect Planning, Scientific American (225kb)
Andrés Duany

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

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

The SmartCode & Environmental Considerations (348kb)
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.

Smart Codes, Smart Places
Jason Miller looks at Arlington, Virginia; Emmaus, Pennsylvania; Petaluma, California; and Huntersville, North Carolina.

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

New Tools for Community Design and
Decision Making: An Overview
Peter Katz

Form First
Peter Katz



S M A R T C O D E   T I M E L I N E
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 Form-based codes legalized in California
Oct 2004 SmartCode Workshop Fort Worth
April 2005 SmartCode free of licensing fee
April 2005 SmartCode Workshop Atlanta
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
Sept 2006 SmartCode Pro Miami
Oct 2006 SmartCode Workshop Las Vegas
Jan 2007 SmartCode Pro New Orleans
Feb 2007 Long Beach, Mississippi SmartCode adopted
Mar 2007 SmartCode Workshop Austin


L I N K S
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
SmartCode Pro
TND Town Paper
New Urban News
KATARXIS