I really like the dl/dt/dd output of Zend Framework for forms, but there came a day when I needed a lot more control over the presentation.

In order to remove the dl/dt/dd I used these settings in the form.

In form/model/edit.php

        $this->setDecorators(array(
            array('ViewScript', array('viewScript' => '/model/form/edit.phtml'))));
        $this->setElementDecorators(array(
            'ViewHelper',
            'Errors',
            'Label',
            array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div')),
            'Description'));

In /model/form/edit.phtml

<?php echo $this->element->contact_first_name ?>

Resulting HTML

<div><label for="name" class="required">Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" autocomplete="off"></div>

References

http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/zend.form.standardDecorators.html
http://devzone.zend.com/1240/decorators-with-zend_form/