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They should apply to build a huge 5 story apartment complex on that lot, see how the community likes that. The county would have to approve that development acc

by volkse 4y ago

They should apply to build a huge 5 story apartment complex on that lot, see how the community likes that. The county would have to approve that development according to that decision..

09bjb 4y ago
This is how 3-story apartment complexes get approved in my town :)
ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
seems they want just 1 house just for themselves? hardly a "development", more like a single home build
- zbrozek 4y ago
  That definition is the core problem the court is contorting itself to address in the way that it likes. Development has quite a few plain-English definitions. One of them seems plenty straightforward and applicable: A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings. [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/development https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/development
  - ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
    was the law intended by the legislators to apply to individual, single family home builds? like, did their definition match the one you referenced that includes a single home?
    - zbrozek 4y ago
      Well so that's the problem, right? The legislature never defined it. So we're left to argue amongst ourselves and use dictionaries, leading to cherry picks. The did, however, state that the intent of the law was to promote housing regardless of economic segment.
outside1234 4y ago
Which is great policy! We need to go up, not out.
jeffbee 4y ago
That wouldn't work, but if this parcel is zoned for single-family homes they could subdivide it and build a duplex plus an ADU on each resulting parcel, without the interference of the local authorities, because of SB9. https://www.hcd.ca.gov/docs/planning-and-community-development/sb9factsheet.pdf https://www.hcd.ca.gov/docs/planning-and-community-developme...
hackish 4y ago
George Lucas once attempted to build low income housing on Grady Ranch after his studio expansion was successfully challenged by his neighbors, also in Marin County. They didn't like that plan very much[1]. [1] https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/housing/333702/standoff-at-grady-ranch/ https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/housing/333702/standoff-...

by volkse 4y ago

They should apply to build a huge 5 story apartment complex on that lot, see how the community likes that. The county would have to approve that development according to that decision..

09bjb 4y ago

This is how 3-story apartment complexes get approved in my town :)

ImPostingOnHN 4y ago

seems they want just 1 house just for themselves? hardly a "development", more like a single home build

zbrozek 4y ago
That definition is the core problem the court is contorting itself to address in the way that it likes. Development has quite a few plain-English definitions. One of them seems plenty straightforward and applicable: A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings. [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/development https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/development
- ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
  was the law intended by the legislators to apply to individual, single family home builds? like, did their definition match the one you referenced that includes a single home?
  - zbrozek 4y ago
    Well so that's the problem, right? The legislature never defined it. So we're left to argue amongst ourselves and use dictionaries, leading to cherry picks. The did, however, state that the intent of the law was to promote housing regardless of economic segment.

outside1234 4y ago

Which is great policy! We need to go up, not out.

jeffbee 4y ago

That wouldn't work, but if this parcel is zoned for single-family homes they could subdivide it and build a duplex plus an ADU on each resulting parcel, without the interference of the local authorities, because of SB9. https://www.hcd.ca.gov/docs/planning-and-community-development/sb9factsheet.pdf https://www.hcd.ca.gov/docs/planning-and-community-developme...

hackish 4y ago

George Lucas once attempted to build low income housing on Grady Ranch after his studio expansion was successfully challenged by his neighbors, also in Marin County. They didn't like that plan very much[1]. [1] https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/housing/333702/standoff-at-grady-ranch/ https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/housing/333702/standoff-...