Session: Make No Little Boxes

April 1, 10:15 AM

Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, CRE
Robinson & Cole

Other papers from this session: Little Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky and They Look Just the Same

Houses have become bigger over the years and planners are justifiably also concerned about the monotony of appearance when there is no variation in the appearance from one house to the next. This presentation addresses techniques which can be used to regulate the size of houses to improve compatibility with existing development. It then addresses ways in which the appearance of buildings may be varied to avoid monotony in appearance.

Anti-Look Alike and Anti-Mansionization Regulation

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Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, CRE
Dwight Merriam co-chairs Robinson & Cole’s nationally recognized Land Use Group, which represents local governments, developers, landowners and advocacy groups in land development and conservation issues. Dwight has pupblished over 150 professional articles on land use law, co-edited Inclusionary Zoning Moves Downtown and co-authored The Takings Issue. He is a Fellow and Past President of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a former Director of the American Planning Association and a previous Chair of APA’s Planning & Law Division. He is also a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and The Counselors of Real Estate, and he teaches land use law at Vermont Law School. Dwight received his B.A. in sociology, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was also elected to Phi Kappa Phi. He received his master’s of regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. at Yale Law School.