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Case studies on inclusionary zoning

Brandon Donnelly

Back in 2017, Portland, Oregon enacted new inclusionary zoning policies mandating that all new residential projects with 20 or more units must deliver a specified amount of affordable housing. Developers rushed to get new applications onto the books and then there was a drop off in new housing supply.

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Use-it-or-lose-it entitlements

Brandon Donnelly

And development land should not sit undeveloped. To correct this latter problem, one idea that is sometimes floated around is “use-it-or-lose-it” zoning. And so it has been suggested that this would incentivize developers to not sit on entitled land. Homes should not sit empty (enter vacant home tax).

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The Fane tower: It’s baaack!

Architecture Here and There

As for the ruling itself, its attitude was: when it comes to the comprehensive plan setting parameters for zoning laws to carry out the comprehensive plan, “Never mind!” If anyone has noticed, policymakers in Providence have invited unscrupulous developers to build crap here for decades.

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Together for the Terroir

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Baker says the Glass Fire in 2020 started just up the road from Larkmead and burned in a U shape around the winery. “It One of several design options developed by Ann Baker Landscape Architecture that respond to drought and wildfire regulations and are available for free online. We had a lot of burnt trees on the river.”.

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Metro Reports: SE 27th and Division Apartments, Isaka Shamsud-Din Apartments, Troy Laundry North, and more

Next Portland

Next Portland covers the highlights of the Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed each week. This post covers January 3rd, 2020 to January 9th, 2022. The proposed use is for oncology/cancer care, with other permitted accessory uses. Metro Reports have moved to Portland Maps Reports.

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Don’t demo this sad trio

Architecture Here and There

Yet demolition permits are, according to the Providence Journal, in the works for all three – no one seems to know who applied for them, or for what purpose – and so the houses are sitting ducks awaiting their sad fate. Two attempts to develop a hotel were blocked in 2020 and 2022. Specifically, they are Nos.

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A spectacular laneway retreat 11 years in the making

Brandon Donnelly

And so Gabriel Fain and I decided to come up with a new design and try our luck at the Committee of Adjustment (we needed, I think, over a dozen zoning variances). In the fall of 2020 we submitted for a building permit, and about 6 weeks later it arrived. It was simply a matter of time. The project was immediately refused.

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