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They're not banned in Mountain View, CA. In fact, they seem to be the only thing allowed to be build in MV these days. My own house was built in less than a dec
by hangonhn 7y ago
They're not banned in Mountain View, CA. In fact, they seem to be the only thing allowed to be build in MV these days. My own house was built in less than a decade ago and it's a row house.
I don't know what he means by "banned". It seems that given the locality of such regulations and the vastness of the US, there are many exceptions to his claims.
- zip1234 7y agoCities are zoned for different densities. There will be R-1, 2, 3 etc. Meaning 1st density residential, 2nd, etc. My city, for example, requires a 60 ft wide lot and at least 7 ft of setbacks on each side for R-2 zoning. Row-house is out of the question.
- YokoZar 7y agoMountain View underwent a dramatic political change within the last decade - housing/rental prices got so bad that the entire city council was replaced. Prior to that the situation was much like it was in most places in the US: current homeowners interested in raising home prices ran the politics, and everything listed was effectively banned.
- bufordsharkley 7y agoAnd in 2018, two prominent pro-housing councilpeople got voted out of office (Lenny Siegel and Pat Showalter), returning things to a majority of NIMBY homeowners