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Good luck convincing someone who lives on a half acre 10 minutes from downtown to give that up.
by reverius42 2y ago
Good luck convincing someone who lives on a half acre 10 minutes from downtown to give that up.
- CalRobert 2y agoOffering to make them multimillionaires in exchange for the land so you can build apartments should work
- alistairSH 2y agoExcept for the neighbors who will likely block that apartment build-out via any means possible.
- throwway120385 2y agoDo they actually do that here, or are you just saying that?
- CalRobert 2y agoThey do that everywhere!
- rileyphone 2y agoIt's baked in to the process as part of design review, after getting pass the first wall of zoning. https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/public-participation/early-community-outreach-for-design-review https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/public-participation/e...
- alistairSH 2y agoNo clue about Seattle, but they definitely do in Northern VA where I live. Every new development that requires a change of permitted use goes through a lengthy review process with plenty of opportunity for locals to object. Edit - sibling comment indicates Seattle has something similar.
- CalRobert 2y agoIndeed, that’s the nimbys
- lazyasciiart 2y agoApartments are banned in about 70% of seattle residential land. Here are the things you are allowed to build: https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/SDCI/Codes/NeighborhoodResidentialZoningSummary.pdf https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/SDCI/Codes/Nei...