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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county report suggests that one house could actually be converted into 8 units. They are potentially allowing a subdivision of a previously single family lot and then a quadplex for each new lot. IMO, this does not make sense. It needs to allow for more gradual infill denisty that will encourage efficient utilization of existing infrastructure. Allowing 4x to 8x density in large swaths of the county risks creating situation where population growth rapidly outpaces our ability to create capacity for government services. If we are going to do MM zoning, limit the proposal to duplex and triplex units and scrap the lot splitting provision. [/quote]

I disagree. “Large swaths” of the county will not instantaneously become 4x or 8x. It will take years to ramp up to any major level like that.[/quote]

You might be right.  The applications in Arlington are few…though per the article some of that is due to the pending lawsuit.  No worries, though, the YIMBYs are going to try to crank it back up by removing lot cover rules.  Won’t that be nice?

https://www.arlnow.com/2024/03/19/a-new-era-of-housing-questions-for-arlington-one-year-after-passing-missing-middle/[/quote]

Arlington has a permitting process with a numerical cap that limits the infill development to a hopefully manageable rate for this decade. The numerical cap will be lifted entirely sometime in the 2030s, but I do not recall which year. [/quote]

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