Circumstance of Form District Regulation in Land Development Code of City of Louisville, KY, U.S.

A Basic Study on the Form Based Code in North American Zoning Control

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the actual conditions of "Form District (FD)" regulation in the City of Louisville. FD is known as one of the "form-based code" regulations that are emerging in U.S. cities recently. FD is a kind of the zoning regulation that is defined in the Land Development Code of Louisville. However, it only controls a building form by using the prescriptive code. Density and land use regulations are separated from FD. FD is designated on citywide of Louisville Metro area. There are two significant contents in FD. One is the area design standard, and the other is the site design standard. New buildings that applied FD regulations are harmonized with their surround and strengthen the character of each district.