Here's how it's done at Roosevelt. A few parking spots on the streets next to the station are designated loading zones. That's it, and that's enough. Most riders find it more convenient most of the time to get there by some other method than spousal chauffeur. Why? Better land use.

Our city treats "steep hill" as a reason for environmental protection, as though humans haven't been successfully building on steep hills for ages. Sure, you need some engineering work to make sure it's not going to cause a landslide or anything, but it shouldn't be banned entirely.

Right. Like I said above a portion of the mansion lot is unbuildable so it seems reasonable to exclude it from the valuation calculations. Even when you do that the mansion land is assessed at around $73/sq ft, still less than half of the neighbor.

The shaded area is illegal to build on due to the steep slope, but even if you exclude it from the lot area that seems to only explain part of the discrepancy. I can't think of a good reason for the rest of it.

If you look at the same block in the rendering I don't think they subtracted anything. They did make the east parking lane a different color so it blends in with the sidewalk, the west parking is obscured by trees, and the turn lane is unpainted/empty. This all minimizes the extent of the pavement.

There are four *through travel* lanes. When you include lanes dedicated for turning and unused vehicles the total can be as much as seven in places. Those three parking spots on the west side of the street were apparently so important that giving cyclists a chicane to navigate seemed worthwhile.

I just noticed that there's an exemption from parking requirements for lots <3,000 sq.ft. or <30' wide if there's no alley. This used to apply to single-family homes and would expand to all homes. Split the lot and build a couple of small buildings instead of a big one if you don't want parking.

Also for Tangletown specifically, the southern portion of the new LR zoning may be exempt from parking requirements due to its location within a half-mile radius of a 44 trolleybus stop.

The code allows development on certain steep slope areas (existing building/pavement footprint, steep slopes created by grading, slopes less than 20' tall). Seems those would be excluded from the "designated non-disturbance area," no?

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