An interview with Joel Russell, executive director of the Form-Based Codes Institute.
For the AARP's Livable Communities website, Melissa Stanton sat down with attorney and planner Joel Russell, who last year became the executive director of the Form-Base Codes Institute.
The discussion starts with a discussion of the rise of Euclidean zoning and the dominance of the automobile before switching to the topic of how form-based codes can benefit the "50-plus population."
Here Russell explains that form-based codes are intended to break down traditional divisions in how communities are planned and developed: "The intent is to create places where people can live out their lives from childhood to old age, and can be in the same walkable community, albeit in a different type of housing at different stages of their lives."
The interview totals five questions and answers. Russell debunks what he describes as seven myths about the impacts of form-based codes.
FULL STORY: 5 Questions for Joel Russell

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