4 ms·
The zoning in my neighborhood is actually fantasy. The zoning for residential has FAR limits that one would expect in the outer suburbs, whereas the actual hous
by Finnucane 7y ago
The zoning in my neighborhood is actually fantasy. The zoning for residential has FAR limits that one would expect in the outer suburbs, whereas the actual housing is quite a bit more dense. Only a small percentage of buildings conforms to the zoning limits. Which means even the most trivial change requires a variance.
- human20190310 7y agoFor those unfamiliar with the acronym, I believe FAR means "floor area ratio".
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>Which means even the most trivial change requires a variance. That's a feature, not a bug. By forcing even mundane projects to go through a process where approval depends on the whims of the decision makers they have set themselves up to extract concessions from basically every project on a whim, fast track things they like (often things run by people they like) and stonewall things that they don't (don't get on their bad side if you want their approval in an expedient fashion).