To be clear, you can still have those things with Japanese style zoning. You just aren't required to. Realistically, most people don't make very much use of th

To be clear, you can still have those things with Japanese style zoning. You just aren't required to. Realistically, most people don't make very much use of their yards (especially front yards), and most garages are just storage space for the mountains of stuff we accumulate. If people still want those things, sure it's fine, but why mandate them?