Rasmussen: Another Downzone of Existing Single-Family Homes?
It’s starting to look like the unintended consequence first pointed out by Matt Gangemi in his post called Seattle’s Biggest Downzone was not entirely averted by the City Council. Councilmember Tom Rasmussen’s amendment in response to his angry neighbors upset about the Benchview Project will actually limit additions to some existing single family homes. Not […]
Sally Bagshaw: Yesterday Not Tomorrow
Small-lot legislation passed yesterday with two amendments that made the underlying legislation worse. In many ways the underlying legislation that passed out of the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee was positive. Some issues about adjacent lots and lot boundary adjustments were clarified. And, in the end, many new single-family homes will still be […]
Small-Lot Legislation: The Final Decision
This is the testimony I plan to give at the meeting of the full Council around 2:30PM. There are no guarantees I’ll be heard since there is only 15 minutes for public comment and that only allows about about 6 or 7 people to speak at 2 minutes each. However, I’m posting this now, just […]
