Next week, Kevin Klinkenberg will be in Panama City Beach, FL on a design workshop, working on some form-based zoning for the Front Beach area. We’re doing this in concert with PlanningWorks – a local planning firm.

The City of Panama Beach, Florida has retained a team lead by Planning Works, LLC and assisted by 180° Design Studio and White & Smith, LLC to prepare an initial assessment of form-based codes for the City. A form-based code is a land development regulation that is based principally on design, rather use, impact, or other aspects of land development.

Panama City Beach is a diverse community, with development patterns including low density residential neighborhoods, low rise apartments, high rise condominiums, automobile-oriented commercial strips, a pedestrian oriented commercial center, mixed use developments, business parks, tourist entertainment parks and heavy commercial areas. Each of these areas has a unique combination of uses and design characteristics that merit different approaches to the use of form-based design.

Kevin Klinkenberg on the six transects:
T1. Natural
T2. Rural
T3. Suburban
T4. General Urban
T5. Urban Center
T6. Urban Core

Click here for the full powerpoint version.

Winner of The Congress for New Urbanism CNU 17 video contest.
This short film explores the connection between New Urbanism and environmental issues.

Created by independent filmmaker John Paget of Paget Films with First+Main Media (Drew Ward, Chris Elisara and John Paget).

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Seeking to improve the design quality of your community, or looking for ways to encourage mixed-use development? This video is part one of a series that explores the basics of form-based codes and some common pitfalls.

Watch Kevin Klinkenberg discuss and compare commonly used techniques, and progressive ideas such as Form-Based Codes (FBCs).
Form-Based Codes: Prescriptive Vs. Proscriptive

Klinkenberg served on a panel of experts at the Mid-American Regional Council on FBCs and context-sensitive street design, as both are key elements for walkable neighborhoods. Stay tuned for the end of the series for the full downloadable powerpoint presentation.