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by zip1234 7y ago
So what good do use based zoning rules do? I can see prohibiting heavy industrial or chemical in residential areas but outside of that it seems like more harm than good.
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by zip1234 7y ago
When you say seek approval, in the US at least there is 'by right' zoning. Meaning that anything can be built by right as long as it follows certain rules. The approval is generally not an approval so much as a check to make sure
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by zip1234 7y ago
Is a street canyon a bad thing? I don't think so. Perhaps if the street is only for cars, but many of the most treasured streets are 'street canyons'. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shambles for
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by zip1234 7y ago
Cities need to remove car lanes and add protected bike lanes to really increase adoption. Most parents would not let their kids ride on the road with cars. The car always wins and cars are very dangerous. As far as the schools--they used to
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by zip1234 7y ago
What about laws that are banning things that are not aesthetically pleasing? They recently made a law banning 'big-foot' houses near me. It 'harms' someone's view.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Look up residential zoning codes nearly anywhere. They are not specifically banned. Most things are banned because of setbacks, FAR, parking requirements, or certain areas zoned only for a certain type of housing (detached single family for
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by zip1234 7y ago
https://www.dorseyalston.com/knowledge/atlanta-residential-z... De Facto banned for normal people to build.
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by zip1234 7y ago
You don't know what was required to get it approved. It might be allowed only in certain areas of town by right. I can't even convert my detached garage into a living space where I live.
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by zip1234 7y ago
I think you are missing the point if you think the author implies that they are completely banned. They are obviously not all banned. The issue is that they are banned in certain places. Most cities strictly regulate where you can build dif
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by zip1234 7y ago
It is human scale rather than car scale. Things being closer together makes things more enjoyable for humans. For cars, we go so fast past things, we want them farther apart to perceive the same amount of changes. Car scale makes us think w
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by zip1234 7y ago
Get rid of the mortgage deduction. Get rid of property tax increase limitations.
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by zip1234 7y ago
I would include things like home owner's associations as government. They only thing they are good at is maintaining shared resources. Everything else about them is counterproductive. They lock neighborhoods into being the same forever
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by zip1234 7y ago
A section of publicly owned and maintained road that only 5 families ever use and only for residential use is not a good use of resources and is affordable only if you live there. It is being subsidized by people that live in denser areas u
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by zip1234 7y ago
Parking space minimums solve a non-problem. If people want parking they will build it. They shouldn't be forced to though as it adds expense and makes things more car dependent, reinforcing the need for parking. It is a vicious car dep
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by zip1234 7y ago
If the first floor apartment had ramp access then wheelchairs could get in. Elevators are another option but somewhat expensive.
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by zip1234 7y ago
It doesn't at all. Most streets are super wide anyways.
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by zip1234 7y ago
The issue isn't necessarily zoning per se. The issue is that zoning as practiced in most of the US is centered around cars first. This means segregating usage and type completely and placing everything far apart with lots of parking an
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by zip1234 7y ago
Cities 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
619.
by zip1234 7y ago
I've been thinking about this a lot and I think our car-focused construction patterns are to blame. In my state we have a grid of roads (whether paved or unpaved) that covers pretty much the entire state. It seems like where the roads
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by zip1234 7y ago
Cities often have rules that increase sprawl and help cause the long commutes. Here are some: - Not allowing mixed residential/commercial/office - Setbacks from lot lines, especially front and side. They increase cost of roads, se
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by zip1234 7y ago
A solution is that is so much cheaper than building wider roads is just to allow easier upzoning and higher density buildings. San Francisco's housing problems are all self-imposed.
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by zip1234 7y ago
The temporary reprieve's value is probably a minute or two each direction saved tops. The cost for that is also not paid for by the people using it.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Cities and towns need to start changing. The argument I always hear is that because things are unwalkable now that they have to be forever.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Adding lanes to freeways only encourages and perpetuates such lack of density. Cars will do just as well with the current number of lanes. Induced demand is a real thing.
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by zip1234 7y ago
How many car trips are there between the two cities per day? It could also compete with cars if it is faster.
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by zip1234 7y ago
It sounded like they meant as a canopy over the streets. Even for that, I'm not sure why we would need the trees connected.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Really like the simplicity of the testing integrated with it
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by zip1234 7y ago
We should not allow developments in such a style as the lack of allowed change in such neighborhoods means that a neighborhood can never move up. The density and walkability is permanently fixed at a low level. Single family zoning and such
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by zip1234 7y ago
The cost of housing is a complicated matter but is mostly not due to jobs going elsewhere. Single family zoning and 'never change' rules in home owners associations and cities are some of the biggest drivers of housing prices.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Also, for an airport you are looking at spending $30-50 just to get there in a taxi or Uber.

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