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r~~rln-Based Zoning Yage "~ of ~ ~ I.:~~entorv the existing conditions of the place: It is important tc have a deep understanding of the existing conditions of the place, such as the street types, and block and building types, to understand appropriate form and massing o€ buildings. ~ Identif}, a set of organizing principles for the spatial structure: This can be based an concepts such as: o The neighborhood, district, and carridor; m The Transect, whicn defines ini:ensity of activity based on the transect zone that applies «~ Street-system-t;ased regulatory plan s Special purpose anes ~ i}efine urban design standards: for erampie, establishing commercial street design guidelines, with tt-:e goal of "shaping the public space of the street." ~ Define architectural standards: for example, building types and frontage types o illustrate the standards, to make it easier for those who will be implementing the code. Gil! Dennis of Maule & Poiyzoides discussed how New Urbanism is essentially the way ,.tire used to develop towns, but conventional zoning has precluded that. He made the point that all development plans should -check to see how it works for a child, because "a neighbarhoad is a child's world." Geoffrey Ferrell of Geoffrey Ferrell associates illustrated how the zoning and land- use maps do not translate into what form appears on the grcund. In addition, design guidelines do nat al+vays capture *_he vltafity of the community that they are trying to achieve, His observation is that the there are three elements to defining a place: farm, use,~density, and management. In many communities, use/density is the primary emphasis when defining a place, followed by management, with form treated very tightly. The form-based Cade approach looks to focus the most emphasis an farm, follawed by management, with use/density having the lightest emphasis. This does not mean that use and density are r.ot important; rather, they are not the driving factors in defining a place. His primary advice was to keep the code simple -the downfall of many zoning ordinances has been their attempt to be overtly inclusive of all passible uses. t-iawever, form-based codes do address use types that are appropriate to a distric*.; tables describing the uses associated with an area are often included in the code. 4:Cop~-right 20G4 APA All Rights Reser~~ed http://www.planning.org/conferencecoverage/2004/tuesday/formbased.htm 1/3/2005