Tony Perez
Tony Perez is director of form-based coding for Opticos Design Inc. in Berkeley, California.
Where are building types needed in land-use codes?
Regulation of building types helps to provide predictability and clearly articulate the intended outcomes in many kinds of walkable neighborhoods, but they are not helpful everywhere.
Where building types make sense in zoning
Building types are most helpful when trying to achieve a fine-grained mix of house-scale buildings of varied density and type in a walkable neighborhood. This is part one of a series.