Editing Zoning (section)

==== Pattern zoning ====
Pattern zoning is a zoning technique in which a municipality provides licensed, pre-approved building designs, typically with an expedited permitting process.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Steuteville |first=Robert |date=2020-05-12 |title='Pattern zone' enables quality infill development |url=https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2020/05/12/pattern-zone-enables-quality-infill-development |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=CNU |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Progress |first=Cydney Baron/Special to the |title=City forges ahead with zoning overhaul |url=https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/city-forges-ahead-with-zoning-overhaul/article_ea42ffa8-1d57-11eb-b83e-bf1020a81e6f.html |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=Claremore Daily Progress |date=3 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Third Place » Montgomery County Needs 'Cookie Cutter' Urban Design to 'bake' a Better Future {{!}} MontgomeryPlanning.org |url=https://montgomeryplanning.org/blog-design/2020/10/montgomery-county-needs-cookie-cutter-urban-design-to-bake-a-better-future/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=montgomeryplanning.org}}</ref> Pattern zoning is used to reduce barriers to housing development, create more affordable housing, reduce burdens on permit-review staff, and create quality housing designs within a certain neighborhood or jurisdiction.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=MRSC - What's Not to Like? – Pre-Approved Plans Offer Faster Permitting, Cheaper Housing, Quality Design |url=https://mrsc.org/Home/Stay-Informed/MRSC-Insight/July-2014/What%E2%80%99s-Not-to-Like-%E2%80%93-Pre-Approved-Plans-Offer-Fast.aspx |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=mrsc.org}}</ref> Pattern zoning may also be used to promote certain building types such as [[missing middle housing]] and affordable small-scale commercial properties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petty |first=Matthew |date=2018-07-30 |title=Save the Suburbs with Pattern Zones |url=http://buildabetterburb.org/save-the-suburbs-with-pattern-zones/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=Build a Better Burb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grabar |first=Henry |date=2021-04-12 |title="Good Design" Is Making Bad Cities |url=https://slate.com/business/2021/04/good-design-bad-cities-zoning-commissions-preservation-boards.html |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2018 |title=Metrotrends Demographic Review and Outlook |url=https://nebula.wsimg.com/0fa4fd0bda312c3d89f4553866d9a4cf?AccessKeyId=3FD24017074D10E681BB&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |website=Metroplan}}</ref> In some cases, a municipality purchases design patterns and constructs the properties themselves while in other cases the municipality offers the patterns for private development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pattern Zoning in Midtown |url=https://www.bryantx.gov/midtownpatterns/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=City of Bryan, Texas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Milwaukee's New Home Catalogue |url=https://city.milwaukee.gov/DCD/CityRealEstate/NewHomeCatalogue |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=city.milwaukee.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=George Myers Kokomo |title=Urban infill project targets Kokomo neighborhoods |url=https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/urban-infill-project-targets-kokomo-neighborhoods/article_a9e75f0c-baae-11e8-a896-fb406ecd6aeb.html |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=Kokomo Tribune |date=18 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Residential Plans Library {{!}} Roanoke, VA |url=https://www.roanokeva.gov/1297/Residential-Plans-Library |access-date=2021-09-26 |website=www.roanokeva.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Bend's Infill Plans Include Pre-Approved Multi-Family Designs |url=https://www.planetizen.com/news/2022/08/118531-south-bends-infill-plans-include-pre-approved-multi-family-designs |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=www.planetizen.com |language=en}}</ref>