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Doug Landry, AICP
<div>Associate Principal | Vice President</div>
<div><b><i>LANGAN</i></b></div>
<div>100 Cambridge Street</div>
<div>Boston, MA 02114<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Dec 15, 2024, at 1:28 PM, Amy Dain via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:<br>
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<div>I'm working on a report about the use of zoning tools to affect the design and aesthetics of buildings and neighborhoods. I've got a short section on form-based codes. I'm interested in your experience with form-based codes, and your feedback. </div>
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<div>I know that Somerville, Brookline, and Bridgewater have adopted variations of form-based codes, with Brookline and Bridgewater including them in their MBTA-Communities zoning. I know some others have adopted "form-based-light zoning", including regs on
roof dimensions and maximum building footprint. </div>
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<div>What other communities have adopted form-based codes in MA? </div>
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<div>How have these worked in practice? Challenges and successes to report? </div>
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<div>Do they make a positive difference in design outcomes? </div>
<div>Have they facilitated more efficient permitting, or not? </div>
<div>Have property owners/developers reported ease of use of the codes? </div>
<div>Have there been problems in adoption and implementation? </div>
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<div>How different are form-based codes from conventional as-of-right zoning? Is the main difference the specification of more dimensions than just setbacks and height and min lot size? Have form-based codes been adopted with or without density limits (units
per acre or units per building)? </div>
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<div>How important is the inclusion of diagrams for form-based codes -- is that a key part of the innovation in zoning practice? </div>
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<div>I have found the promotional language around them vague... about regulating form instead of use... but I am not sure the key innovation is really that they don't regulate use... aren't the tables of use regulations still in effect with the form based codes,
consistent with conventional zoning? </div>
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<div>Are there other questions I should be asking about them, that I have left off from this list? </div>
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<div>Thank you for sharing your insights!!</div>
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<div>Also, I am happy to chat if it is easier for you to share the information verbally! Name a time, and I will give you a call! </div>
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<div>Amy Dain</div>
<div>Dain Research</div>
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