Alexandria on the Cusp of Eliminating All SFH Zoning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is going to want to buy a $2M single family house next to an small apartment building with affordable housing?

Oh, right ALL of you who voted for this.

Have fun!

It' not quite like that. The apartment building won't be very affordable. But it will still tower over the nearby house.

How will a two-story four-plex tower over a two-story one-plex? Please explain.

You misunderstand - this debate is about vibes, not the details of the proposed zoning changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is going to want to buy a $2M single family house next to an small apartment building with affordable housing?

Oh, right ALL of you who voted for this.

Have fun!

I willingly built a $2M+ SFH is across the street from a small and old 3 story apartment building (not that this bill has anything to do with small three story apartment buildings, despite what opponents are screaming about). I learned through this process that my neighbor across my back fence is a 4-plex - which I had no idea about until this year because it looks and behaves like a SFH in every way.

The world is not ending I promise. My neighboring homes not being SFHs impacts my life exactly zero.

[Anonymous]

Too bad they are required to fix parking, traffic and schools first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too bad they are required to fix parking, traffic and schools first.

::facepalm::

The solution to two of these things is the transit oriented development in the proposal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is going to want to buy a $2M single family house next to an small apartment building with affordable housing?

Oh, right ALL of you who voted for this.

Have fun!

I willingly built a $2M+ SFH is across the street from a small and old 3 story apartment building (not that this bill has anything to do with small three story apartment buildings, despite what opponents are screaming about). I learned through this process that my neighbor across my back fence is a 4-plex - which I had no idea about until this year because it looks and behaves like a SFH in every way.

The world is not ending I promise. My neighboring homes not being SFHs impacts my life exactly zero.

Agreed. I read that quote tweet and thought "plenty of people would"

[Anonymous]

I remember when Alexandria used to actually be a relevant place. I sincerely doubt this will help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember when Alexandria used to actually be a relevant place. I sincerely doubt this will help.

Relevant to what?

[Anonymous]

The Mayor is gunning for upzoning but he just gave his biggest donor permission to keep FOUR ENTIRE BLOCKS of Mt Vernon Ave (main street Del Ray) as surface parking lots for cars.

The entire thing is a sham.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Failing schools, imploding commercial real estate, and murders are not quite enough to destroy Alexandria, so the Council is a freight train about to vote on Tuesday to eliminate all SFH zoning. Yay.

Hooray!

Don't worry, OP, they are not eliminating detached one-unit residential buildings. They are simply eliminating zoning that bans everything except detached one-unit residential buildings. Property owners - like you - will now have more options for your property.

Oh, yes. Don't worry, no one will force demotion of your single family house.

What this means is that if you live on a street currently zoned for single family homes, your neighbor can sell their house to a developer who could throw up a multistory, multiunit apartment building as a matter of right.. There would be no review, no consideration of impacts, and no process in which you can submit a comment.

This is false and misleading.

The proposal allows up to 4-plexes on what would currently be single family lots, and they can't be any bigger than the single family home you would otherwise have been able to build there.

I get why you're lying, because the thing I just described simply isn't scary enough to gin up the fear you need to get people to oppose it. But you need to stop.

You are a bald faced liar.

Go look at 316 E. Monroe right now. Old colonial was scraped from the lot last week and they are currently putting TWO, 4 bedroom houses on the lot. These guys saw the writing on the wall and jumped the gun by a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Failing schools, imploding commercial real estate, and murders are not quite enough to destroy Alexandria, so the Council is a freight train about to vote on Tuesday to eliminate all SFH zoning. Yay.

Hooray!

Don't worry, OP, they are not eliminating detached one-unit residential buildings. They are simply eliminating zoning that bans everything except detached one-unit residential buildings. Property owners - like you - will now have more options for your property.

This will destroy the charm of Del Ray.

I don’t fully agree with the proposed zoning changes, but this statement shows you must have never been to Del Ray. That neighborhood is one of the ones that is already full of mixed housing types. Walk down most streets and you will see duplexes, small apartment buildings, rowhomes and townhomes.

Thanks, I've lived here for 23 years. All of those little apartment buildings and small duplexes will be replaced with 7 story apartment buildings. They will literally block the sun from your yard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember when Alexandria used to actually be a relevant place. I sincerely doubt this will help.

Relevant to what?

A place that people talked about. A place that people in DC would decide to spend the day hanging out. A place for restrained nightlife. A place where cool Hill staffers would live. A place that used to have cool private sector jobs, like the Carlyle Group.

I’m not sure what it has now and that’s exactly why it’s just not relevant anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember when Alexandria used to actually be a relevant place. I sincerely doubt this will help.

Relevant to what?

A place that people talked about. A place that people in DC would decide to spend the day hanging out. A place for restrained nightlife. A place where cool Hill staffers would live. A place that used to have cool private sector jobs, like the Carlyle Group.

I’m not sure what it has now and that’s exactly why it’s just not relevant anymore.

We're talking about it now...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Failing schools, imploding commercial real estate, and murders are not quite enough to destroy Alexandria, so the Council is a freight train about to vote on Tuesday to eliminate all SFH zoning. Yay.

Hooray!

Don't worry, OP, they are not eliminating detached one-unit residential buildings. They are simply eliminating zoning that bans everything except detached one-unit residential buildings. Property owners - like you - will now have more options for your property.

This will destroy the charm of Del Ray.

I don’t fully agree with the proposed zoning changes, but this statement shows you must have never been to Del Ray. That neighborhood is one of the ones that is already full of mixed housing types. Walk down most streets and you will see duplexes, small apartment buildings, rowhomes and townhomes.

Thanks, I've lived here for 23 years. All of those little apartment buildings and small duplexes will be replaced with 7 story apartment buildings. They will literally block the sun from your yard.

My neighbor's trees, in his yard, literally block the sun from my yard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is going to want to buy a $2M single family house next to an small apartment building with affordable housing?

Oh, right ALL of you who voted for this.

Have fun!

Well, someone just did that a few blocks down from me in Del Ray. I was shocked! If I had $2M to spend, I would be out of the immediate vicinity of where I currently live in Del Ray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is going to want to buy a $2M single family house next to an small apartment building with affordable housing?

Oh, right ALL of you who voted for this.

Have fun!

So the zoning reform will result in affordable housing? Great news!

City needs to add affordable housing on school grounds back on their list of priorities. Now is the time to be bold and act! Put those 100 unit buildings at George Mason Elementary next year.