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Sarasota News Leader September 13, 2013 Georgiadis said he and Murphy are already helping guide existing development projects "to meet the spirit of form-based codes even before they are adopted." Both neighbors and developers can look to Bradenton, where Murphy and Georgiadis created a form-based code system last year for the central part of the city. Page 51 crease the number of units per acre," noted Murphy. Both neighbors and developers want the same thing — certainty. Neighborhoods are tired of "bait-and-switch" plans, while developers fear slowdown or turndown of their approvals over picayune rules. She has singled out five specific "catalyst projects" to demonstrate how form-based codes can get results that old "Euclidian zoning" could not. She mentioned the Marian Anderson brownfield site at U.S. 301 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way; North Watertower Park, now a hotbed of criminal activity day and night; the section of U.S. 41 south to Webber Street; the area of Ringling Boulevard to Payne Park; and sprawl along Beneva Road north of Ringling Boulevard. One incentive that could be dangled to encourage residential development in areas that need it — student housing on the North Trail, for example — is a density bonus. "It would keep the [building] height the same, but in- The Urban Design Studio plans an open house from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 4. The team will use the patio surrounding the Federal Building, and perhaps the small pocket park to the north, when it welcomes guests. % SARASOTA'S HAIR COLOR SPECIALIST John-Norman Tuck (941) 928-1203 John-Norman Tuck is Sarasota and Bradenton's premier hairstylist and hair color artist. Getting his customer's hair to look and feel it's best is his passion. John-Norman started fulfilling his customers' hair dreams in his Pasadena, CA salon and now has brought his talents to Sarasota. Located Upstairs In the Green Ginger Salon 3 6 9 S t . A r m a n d s C i r c l e • S a r a s o t a • J o h n - N o r m a n Tu c k . c o m