Form-based code aims to protect, grow Moline Centre

Moline is “flipping traditional zoning on its head” by creating a new downtown building code designed to guide and spur the redevelopment of historic Moline Centre and its Mississippi riverfront.

A final draft of a new downtown form-based code could be ready for a Moline Plan Commission public hearing as early as the end of the month. Once approved by the Moline City Council, developers eager…