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The SmartCode is an alternative to conventional zoning regulations. According to its lead author, AndrÃ©s Duany, the SmartCode is based on the traditional neighborhood model as it varies along the urban-to-rural transect, "a natural law that can be observed anywhere."

According to planning consulting firm PlaceMakers, The SmartCode "emphasizes form and scale rather than use, promoting the satisfying, fluid mixture of activities often associated with the traditional neighborhoods of the early 20th century. Within its clear and intuitive regulating framework, compatible uses - varied housing types, neighborhood retail, community churches, civic spaces, schools, libraries, and various types of employment - intermingle, creating vital, walkable places."

In keeping with the new urbanist principle that the neighborhood is the basic unit of urban form, the SmartCode provides design criteria for streets, blocks, open spaces and buildings based on their geographic location from rural preserve to urban core. Municipalities can adopt the SmartCode as a replacement for aging zoning ordinances often criticized by new urbanists for perpetuating sprawl.

1 Implementation
2 Best practice
3 Definitions
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

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Implementation

Communities that have adopted SmartCodes

Abbeville, Louisiana - June 2006
Conway, Arkansas - October 2006 - optional
Flowood, Mississippi - October 2005 - optional
Fort Myers, Florida - September 2005 - mandatory for downtown (Chapter 118, Article VII)
Gulfport, Mississippi - February 2007 - mandatory for downtown
Leander, Texas - September 2005 - mandatory for jurisdiction
Liberty, Missouri - December 2006 - optional
Montgomery, Alabama - January 2006 - optional
Pass Christian, Mississippi
Petaluma, California - July 2003 - mandatory for 400 acres in Central Petaluma
Pike Road, Alabama - August 2005 - mandatory for Sectors O-1, G-3, G-4
Sarasota, Florida - June 2004 - mandatory for downtown
St. Charles, Missouri (New Town only) - June 2003 - optional

Communities in the process of drafting or adopting SmartCodes

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
D'Iberville, Mississippi
Dade County, Florida
Davie, Florida
Delcambre, Louisiana
Erath, Louisiana
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
Long Beach, Mississippi
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
Plantation, Florida
Post Falls, Idaho
San Antonio, Texas
Saucier, Mississippi
Sebastopol Northeast Area, California
Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, California
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Tamarac, Florida
Tarpon Springs, Florida - Optional overlay
Ukiah Downtown, California
Ventura, California
Waveland, Mississippi
West Park, Florida

Communities with other transect-based codes

Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Adopted October 2006
Columbus, Ohio - Adopted June 2001 (Article II of Chapter 3320)
Farmer's Branch, Texas
Jupiter, Florida - Adopted
Kendall in Miami-Dade County, Florida - Adopted 1999 (Chapter 33, Article XXXIII(I))
Miami, Florida - Adopted 1993
McKinney, Texas - Adopted for 5,000 acres
Onondaga County, New York - September 2000
St. Lucie County, Florida - Adopted May 2006
Syracuse, New York - September 2000

Not adopted