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T~nm-Based Zoning Yage "~ of ~~ ~ inventory the e :fisting conditions of the pla:.e: It is impo+tan*. to 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 of buildings. ® Identify a set of or gani~ing principles for t:he spatial stru;-ture: This car, b2 based Cn COnCepL SUCK aS: w i 7e neighborhood, district, and corridor; $ The Transect, which den`nes intensity of activity based on the transect zone t!lirt 'cDD!Ie5 e Street-system-based reg~fatary plan ~ Special purpose zones ~ Define urban design standards: r'or example, establishing commercial street design guidelines, ~n+ith the goal of "shaping the public space of the street." ~ Define architectural standards: for example, building types and frontage types m Illustrate the s*.andards, to make it easier for ti-~ose who will be implementing the code. bill Dennis of Motile i~ Poiyzoides discussed how Ne:v Urbanism is essentially the 'Nay t~~e used to develop towns, but conventional zoning has precluded that. He made the point that a!! development plans should 'check to see how it tivarks for a child, because "a neighborhood is a child's world." Geoffrey Ferrell of Geoffrey Ferree Associates illustrated how the zoning and land- use maps do not translate into v~rhat form appears on the grcund. In addition, design guidelines do not always capt!sre *_he vitality of the community *-hat they are trying to achieve. His ebservatian is that the there are three elements to defining a place: form, use%density, and management. In many communities,, use/density is the _ primary emphasis when defining a place, followed by management, with form treated very lightly. The farm-based cede approach looks to.focus the most emphasis on form, fcl!owed by management, with use/density having the lightest emphasis. This does not mean that use and density are not important; rather, they are not the driving factors in d~`rning a place. His primary advice !teas to keep the code simple -the downfall of many zoning ordinances has been their attempt to be overtly inclusive of all possible uses. However, form-based codes do address use types that are appropriate to s distric*.; tables describing the uses associated ;~rith an area are often included in the code. ;c~ropyright ?iJ;.~4 APA All Rights Reserved http://www.planning. org/conferencecoverage/? 004/tuesday/fonnbased.lhtm 1 /3 /? 005