Form-Based Zoning

This article examines the evolving interest in transect zoning and form-based coding. It includes four concerns that arise from incorporating technical details of form-based codes. The four concerns are:

1. Increased Development Costs
2. Imposition of a Uniform Urban Aesthetic
3. The Anachronistic Nature of the Urban Transect
4. The Vagueries of Jargonistic Regulation

It suggests two recommendations when handling these concerns for the purposes of helping form-based codes and transect zoning face little opposition.