A first step: Changing city codes is no easy task — just ask St. Pete city planners who overhauled a large portion of St. Pete’s zoning codes last year — but it is possible. In fact, Tampa city officials have already heard residents’ calls for change. Last year, city planners selected Seminole Heights for a pilot project on “form-based codes†that will rely on community input for the future look of the area. A series of public meetings will be held nearly every month for the next year (check out the schedule here); interested citizens from other neighborhoods should attend.
Resources
The Urban Charrette, a group of young design and architecture professionals seeking a better design-driven urban area, urbancharrette.org or e-mail info@urbancharrette.org
This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2008.