Redeeming Transect Zoning
Brooklyn Law Review, 78(2): 571–588, 2013
By: Brooklyn Law Review
https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=blr
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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:
- Increased Development Costs
- Imposition of a Uniform Urban Aesthetic
- The Anachronistic Nature of the Urban Transect
- 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.