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Also something you see in older cities, retail first floor, small apartments upper floors. Tended to be cheaper than all-residential buildings. There have bee

by JJMcJ 5y ago

Also something you see in older cities, retail first floor, small apartments upper floors. Tended to be cheaper than all-residential buildings. There have been experiments with some buildings without any parking being put up but it's rare. And that adds a lot of expense.

DoreenMichele 5y ago
Thank you. Parking minimums are also proven to kill old style walkable downtowns with commercial on the first floor and residential above. You can't develop those old buildings and also meet parking minimums and preserve the dense development. In practice, you end up tearing down some of the buildings to meet those minimums and there is abundant parking that's half empty most of the time and it becomes a lot less walkable and more spread out, increasing the need for a car. It's maddening.