The City of Raleigh Department of City Planning and Code Studio will hold a lecture on form-based coding from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. tonight, in the City Council Chamber (Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, 222 W. Hargett Street).

In August, the City Council approved a contract with Code Studio to assist the City in the preparation of a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).  The UDO seeks to implement, through code requirements and standards, the type of built environment as set forth in the recently adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The goal of the UDO is to prepare development regulations that address contemporary development and zoning practices that are easily understood by administrators, the public, and the development community and support the goals and policies of the new comprehensive plan.

Lee Einsweiler of Code Studio will present how urban form can be integrated in the UDO and what tools may be used in Raleigh at the neighborhood and citywide level.  Topics to be addressed include:

• What is a form-based code;
• What tools are available to achieve good urban form;
• What are some examples of us ing form-based code and tools in other cities; and,
• How might the code and tools be used in Raleigh?

Mr. Einsweiler is a planner with more than 25 years of experience in a variety of settings. As a principal at Code Studio, Mr. Einsweiler’s projects involve planning, zoning and plan implementation. Mr. Einsweiler  is experienced in both conventional zoning and new code approaches. He has prepared pure form-based codes and successfully incorporated form-based elements into conventional codes.