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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, their strategy seems to be to mislead someone who doesn't know the zoning code or who isn't reading closely.
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You mean the Zoning Commission? Perhaps because all the ladies on the commission are distracted by GDS's crack team of Casanovas. Because that's who they have to mislead.

The zoning map in the submission [b]clearly shows how they want to transfer density that could be built tomorrow, from the Safeway site and GDS's existing school[/b], to the parcel across Wisconsin, away from some houses. Yes, that does mean a taller building height. But that height was good enough for Tenley Hill!

I've been through another Planned Unit Development process. They're part of the zoning code. They allow for this kind of transfer. If it were illegal, GDS would not be proposing it.

I guess the test will be at the Zoning Commission. [/quote]

That's, er, an academic argument.  GDS does not want to develop its campus for commercial or residential use.  It is spending millions of dollars to use nearly every square inch to add two and three story school buildings.  So it's a bit much for GDS to claim it should be able to transfer the hypothetical zoning height limit of its campus to add greater height than what is allowed to another property.  Zoning codes and comprehensive plans exist for a reason, and creating higher height exceptions based on a transfer of hypothetical development rights defeats their purpose.  And what do you think GDS or a future buyer would do if GDS ever moved its campus?  Well, seek to build higher on the Safeway site of course.[/quote]

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