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jody horton wrote:
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> I'm really hoping that over the next weeks the planning team and other
> neighbors can discuss modifying the neighborhood's official
> recommendation to
> include a request for limited access through the neighborhood and some
> suggestions for alleviating parking overflow.
>
Unless you have some specific ideas, I'm not sure how this could be
accomplished. In general, the city is loathe to restrict traffic flow,
and the few instances where they've tried it have been a failure. A
good example is the road block that was installed at 40th and Marathon
at the neighborhood's request when Central Market was built in order to
prevent "thousands of cars from driving down 40th to get to and from
Central Market". In the end, it seems the only one this has really
inconvenienced is the neighborhood, and the ones who drive probably wish
they'd never asked for it in the first place.
> I'm trying to figure out what we would loose by opting in on a
> case-by-case basis. Or what we gain by designating these all at once.
>
> Can anyone speak to that? What does everyone else think?
>
Fairness? A manageable plan? Think about it. Suppose you own 5643
Flibbertygibbit Dr. and Cody owns 5641 Flibbertygibbit Dr. right next
door. The neighborhood decides to grant you VMU zoning, but not Cody
because no one really likes him that much. How would this be fair, or
manageable? And no matter what reason the neighborhood gives for opting
out 5641, who's to say that the real reason isn't to stick it to Cody?
The ability to opt out specific properties was introduced strictly to
preserve so-called iconic businesses (a debatable concern in and of
itself, since it doesn't consider the owner's wishes at all). I haven't
spent any time looking at what's been done, but it wouldn't surprise me
if some neighborhoods have used this provision to create a nonsensical
patchwork of mixed-use zoning based on the personal prejudices of those
active in the neighborhood association. VMU is unlikely to make much
difference in land use and doesn't dramatically change entitlements, but
if it did, the end result would be (and still might be) more lawsuits
for the city, which costs all of us money and services, with the likely
outcome that those who got opted out will be opted back in by the court
system.
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