Comments on: Reaching Across the Urban-Suburban Divide http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/04/14/reaching-across-the-urban-suburban-divide/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/04/14/reaching-across-the-urban-suburban-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-5357 ubrayj02 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:31:22 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=2002#comment-5357 I think Sarah needs to read some municipal code. If anything, excessively proscriptive land use laws have forced developers hand when it comes to greenfield and infill development. I understand the politics of this "why can't we be friends" argument, but it is waaaay iff base with reality. Parking, FAR, setback requirements prevent profitable non-sprawl development. Wake up lefties! Self interested land owners and developers will build whatever they can make money off of. They aren't neccessairly married to tract housing, but the R-1 zone is pervasive across the US. I think Sarah needs to read some municipal code. If anything, excessively proscriptive land use laws have forced developers hand when it comes to greenfield and infill development.

I understand the politics of this “why can’t we be friends” argument, but it is waaaay iff base with reality.

Parking, FAR, setback requirements prevent profitable non-sprawl development. Wake up lefties! Self interested land owners and developers will build whatever they can make money off of. They aren’t neccessairly married to tract housing, but the R-1 zone is pervasive across the US.

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