Hard to Find the ‘Incentive’ in Incentive Zoning
This post originally appeared in the Spring edition of The Voice, NAIOP’s semi-annual government affairs newsletter. Recently, the City of Seattle has placed an emphasis on what it calls incentive zoning, a program that charges a fee in exchange for granting additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for new housing and non-residential development. This […]
Corn Dogs, Housing, and Innovation
I was asked to write an opinion piece for Publicola yesterday comparing the reaction the Seattle City Council had to ride sharing programs to the reaction they are contemplating to small-lot housing. The truth is I already did that in a post not too long ago. To me, the comparison is obvious. Small-lot housing is […]
Small Lot Hearing This Friday
We’ve been hearing about the problems with small-lot legislation being considered by the City Council. Here’s what David Neiman a local architect says about the problems created by the legislation because of it’s efforts to placate a small group of angry neighbors: These defects are known to the planners at DPD. They understand them and fully appreciate […]
