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They should just largely remove these kinds of zoning laws, raise the height restriction to at least 6 stories and maybe require a commercial ground floor for b
by lamontcg 5y ago
They should just largely remove these kinds of zoning laws, raise the height restriction to at least 6 stories and maybe require a commercial ground floor for buildings over a certain footprint and/or on arterials. Allow builders to combine lots. Get rid of the parking and driveway requirements as well. At least do this in strips down arterials so that entire blocks could be converted to high density mixed residential/commercial.
Of course there goes your rents and home prices, but now if you actually lived in the surrounding area you'd be able to easier walk to shops and with rents being less that'd wind up eventually as lower prices and lower cost of living.
Its not surprising that the half-measures they're taking almost seems designed to not have a lot of actual uptake.
- dillondoyle 5y agoI would add removing car parking requirements AND simultaneously pay for public transport, dedicated protected bike lanes etc to serve this new density. Like you mention importance of stores. I would maybe subsidize grocers & shops with tax breaks for a few years to get the walkability cycle going. The cart before horse problem, build it and they will come theory.
- lamontcg 5y agoExactly, make it all walkable/bikable with mass transit down the arterials, and incentives and density to attract the commerce. Particularly for mom+pop stores/restaurants. And have it all near enough school and offices that a <10 minute bus ride can get you to those campuses. And you can still have islands of SFH/Townhouses that are within ~4 blocks of high density (I'd probably prefer that since I'm quite introverted most of the time).