Camiros worked with the City of Buffalo to craft a Land Use Plan based on principles of sustainability and economic development. Following preparation of the Plan, Camiros prepared a city-wide form-based Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). This highly graphic ordinance contains a series of illustrations that show the intended development outcomes within each of the zones based on maintaining established character and integrating principals of sustainability both on the site and neighborhood scale. The form-based Green Code is a place-based development strategy designed to implement Buffalo’s Land use Plan. The UDO establishes rules on the form, use, and character of development for the different zones within the City, and their relation to the public realm through Complete Streets thoroughfare development regulations. The Green Code is an opportunity to emphasize physical form rather than the separation of uses as its basic organizing principle.
In December 2016, the Buffalo City Council unanimously approved the UDO, becoming the third city to adopt a city-wide, form-based zoning code.
