Downzoning Your Dreams
The evidence continues to build that small-lot legislation offered by the Department of Planning and Development makes things worse for everyone involved, including owners of existing single-family homeowners. Matt Gangemi writing at The Urbanist calls the legislation Seattle’s Largest Downzone. If you live on a lot less than a 3,200 square feet in size, the maximum […]
One House, One Diagram [UPDATED]
Breaking News: The black box has been found and we’ve discovered a link to the diagram. You can see it here. Evidently, sensing their overreach, the people behind One House One Lot have started to downplay the fact that the legislation they support will dramatically impact the ability of existing homeowners to add to their […]
Small Lot Legislation: An Architect’s Perspective.
As an architect who specializes in housing, I occasionally get involved in discussions with DPD and the city council about land use issues. In general, I look at proposed legislation from this perspective: What kind of outcomes will the new legislation encourage? Are these good outcomes? If I’m trying to design housing using these new rules, is the code helping or hindering? […]
