Ask the City of Austin -http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/pacific/othercities/austin/stories/2007/07/16/story11.html?b=1184558400%5E1490177
The City of Austin, Texas responded to it's citizen's outcry over houses being built out of scale with neighborhing houses through new zoning laws. Because this zoning must be applied uniformly across the entire City it had a negative impact. Using zoning to protect the unique character of a neighborhood and provide affordable housing is like using a chainsaw to slice a pie. Such zoning is hard to manage both for the City employees, architects, and builders.
The local use of historic district designation means that the City can have zoning regulations that are flexible and simple to follow. The additional overlay allows a community to protect their historic resources and diversity of their community without impacting the entire City. It also means that the neighborhood gets greater flexibility to renovate and rebuild while still protecting the property values of smaller houses and protecting the historic nature of the neighborhood. A win-win.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Controlling height and mass via zoning is expensive
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You have a lot of information on this site regarding the improved property values within a local historic district. One-Oakhurst Community has delivered a flyer to my home that states "studies show that small and/or unremodeled LHD property values stagnate or decline because buyers fear difficulty and additional expense of remodeling". Have you come across such studies in your research?
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