Neighborhood Design Guidelines

Developed concurrently with the Old Town Neighborhoods Plan, the Old Town Neighborhoods Design Guidelines highlight:

• Neighborhood character areas and descriptions
• Best practices in historic neighborhood design
• Ideas to incorporate sustainability and energy efficiency
• Context-specific examples of new construction and additions

This illustrative and detail-oriented companion resource to the Old Town Neighborhoods Plan offers prototype examples of context-oriented design ideas for a range of neighborhood character areas, lot configurations, and architectural styles.

Design Guidelines Now Available

The Old Town Neighborhoods Design Guidelines are now available! Download a copy below:

• Old Town Neighborhoods Design Guidelines (high resolution - 69mb)
• Old Town Neighborhoods Design Guidelines (low resolution - 18mb)

City Council adopted the Design Guidelines on February 21, 2017, concurrently with the adoption of the Old Town Neighborhoods Plan.

For questions about the document, please contact Meaghan Overton, moverton@fcgov.com.