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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There needs to be some consideration of the capacity of the neighborhood to take all these extra people and cars.  We're in Cherrydale/Waverly Hills and the roads and sidewalks are narrow.  Only one car can pass at a time, so oncoming traffic has to pull into an unused parking spot to let the other car pass.  Sidewalks can't fit people walking past each other unless single file and you can't pass a stroller without walking in the street.  Houses dont have garages or only one car garages so street parking is already heavily used.  In short, it works for SFHs, but none of the infrastructure is sized for multi family housing.

Yet we have 6 lots on just our short block that would be redeveloped into duplexes or 4-plexes.  The lots are deep and narrow, so only one curb cut per lot + 1-2 street spots.  If you do two curb cuts, then there will be no street spots.  There won't be enough parking.  The roads will be backed up with no spots to pull over to let cars pass.  The sidewalks will be crowded.  It just doesn't work.  I'd be totally okay with 1-2 multifamily units on a block, but six?   That's city density and this 1940s era neighborhood lacks the infrastructure to support that number of people.[/quote]

Why do you think they would be multi-family?  What is the price of a new SFH in these neighborhoods?  Even if a multi-family home sells for more money on the aggregate, it’s a little more complicated/expensive to build, and you have to go through the process/expense of marketing and selling all the units.  When it’s a close enough call and a small enough lot, I think the SFH will win out.[/quote]

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