a. 
This article provides building standards that regulate the form of buildings in which activities (or uses) occur. They dictate how structures and other key site elements should be located on a lot. Thus the standards serve to regulate the configuration, features, and, in some cases, functions of buildings.
b. 
Building types may include requirements to incorporate certain aesthetic and functional elements. These are necessary to ensure that buildings fit appropriately within the context they are built, and that development contributes to a safe, attractive, and vibrant public realm.
c. 
Defining a building type does not necessarily describe the use that will occur in that structure. There are many instances of buildings being adaptively repurposed for a use that they were not originally designed to serve. Two examples include a detached house being used as a doctor's office and a warehouse being converted into a loft.
d. 
Building types and uses are permitted by zone.
e. 
Enumeration of building types.
Building Type
Code Reference
Detached house
§ 30-302
Estate
§ 30-303
Semiattached
§ 30-304
Courtyard
§ 30-305
Townhome
§ 30-307
Apartment building
§ 30-308
Suburban flex, small
§ 30-309
Suburban flex, large
§ 30-310
Suburban office
§ 30-311
Mixed-use tower/complex
§ 30-312
Urban, small
§ 30-313
Urban, large
§ 30-314