[Massplanners] Form Based Code-Massachusetts

[Darlene Wynne]

Beverly has a draft set of Design Standards that operate like a hybrid FBC
we will be submitting formally this year after working out some tweaks. Tim
Love / Utile developed the standards for us as well.


Darlene Wynne, AICP

*City of Beverly*

*Director of Planning & Development*

*978-605-2341*

*dwynne at beverlyma.gov <dwynne at beverlyma.gov>*



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On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 12:08 PM Maren Toohill via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Littleton has adopted 2 FBC districts, the Village Common mixed-use FBC
> district (June 2020), and the King Street Common mixed-use FBC district
> (October 2021). We didn’t completely let go of the uses that are allowed in
> the FBC districts, but it’s much more about the look, feel, design, and
> streetscape/public realm than the prior zoning. FBC can be a zoning best
> practice in certain cased, but a community must have the staffing/training
> to properly implement; it can offer a “clear path” for developers.
> Communities are saying “if you design to this particular standard, you will
> get the approvals needed to build/redevelop”.
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> Littleton hopes to use the King Street Common FBC district to help meet
> the MBTA Communities multifamily zoning requirements (with a few tweaks).
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> Other communities with FBC include Ayer, MA (and Bozeman MT if you need a
> field trip – just kidding!) Hopefully others will chime in, I’m not up to
> date on other communities that have adopted/are working on FBC.
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> George Proakis, the new Town Manager in Watertown holds a wealth of FBC
> knowledge. Consultants Tim Love and Jessy Yang at Utile helped guide
> Littleton through the FBC development and adoption process – I highly
> recommend their work.
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> Best of luck with the process,
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> Maren
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> Maren A. Toohill, AICP
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> Town Planner
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> 978/540-2425
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> MToohill at littletonma.org
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> Town of Littleton
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> *From:* MassPlanners [mailto:massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Katharine Lacy via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 31, 2023 10:55 AM
> *To:* Christopher Skelly <CSkelly at berkshireplanning.org>
> *Cc:* Mass Planners <MassPlanners at masscptc.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Massplanners] Form Based Code-Massachusetts
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> **THIS EMAIL WAS SENT BY AN EXTERNAL SENDER**
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> Littleton did.  Hopefully Maren will weigh in!
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> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:18 AM Christopher Skelly via MassPlanners <
> massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
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> Has anyone else adopted form based code besides Lowell, Pittsfield and
> Somerville?
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> Anyone from Lowell or Somerville like to share their thoughts?
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> Chris Skelly, Project Specialist
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> Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
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> 1 Fenn St., Suite 201 | Pittsfield, MA 01201
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> c: 413-834-0678
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> cskelly at berkshireplanning.org
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> www.berkshireplanning.org
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