Martha Rose on Micros: Let’s Overcome Fear of Change
The following is an e-mail that was sent to Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess encouraging that the Council take a different approach to microhousing legislation. We need many more of these kinds of messages to get to Council as they consider legislation this week and next. Dear Mr Burgess, I have lived in Seattle […]
Low-Rise Appeal: Smart Growth Seattle:1, DPD: 0
Smart Growth Seattle, called a “creature of the internet” by the Department of Planning and Development(DPD), has successfully fought DPD’s attempt to dismiss our appeal of a proposed downzone of Seattle’s low-rise zones. Now, our appeal can go forward and will be heard. Our goal, and the reason why we filed the appeal, is to […]
Zoning in Seattle – Does It Make Sense?
Seattle, like just about every city small and large in the U.S., has a built environment dictated by a land-use code. We use this code to determine what can be built where, how big or small the building can be, how dense it can be (housing units/X square feet, for example), how much parking is […]
