Burgess: New Housing Not Meaningful?
We’re getting close. Small-lot legislation passed out of the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee on Tuesday, May 6. Now the legislation has to be approved by the full Council on Monday, May 19th. But Tim Burgess is persisting with this intention to amend the 100 percent rule out of the legislation at the […]
Jim Potter: Builder, Innovator, and Leader
WHO is the happy Warrior? Who is he What every man in arms should wish to be? —It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his childish thought: Whose high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright: […]
Small-Lot Compromise Passes PLUS Test, but What About Burgess?
Today the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee took the next to last step in finalizing small-lot legislation. It’s been almost two years now since the City Council passed legislation shutting down development on historic lots, promising to create legislation that would clarify existing code so that infill development in single-family neighborhoods could continue. […]
