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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is there available land in the western part of the county to support high density housing?[/quote]

How about all those teardowns in Bethesda, with the new 7,000 square foot houses? You could put several residential units on those properties. Except, of course, that the zoning code doesn't allow it, because then non-rich people would be able to move in.[/quote]

[b]To put a high density unit on a current SF lot, you would need to assemble multiple lots.[/b] In addition to the physical housing unit, people in the suburbs drive.  There has to be a place to park multiple cars per unit.  And of course a road system that can handle multiple cars passing each other to get to the units.  You can just leave the current existing single lane driveway in place.  And of course larger water, sewer, and gas pipes will need to put in because the current infrastructure is not set up for multi unit use.

And all of this cannot be done on a single SF lot in Bethesda where the tear downs are occurring.  Maybe you would have a chance if someone sold a farm in Potomac.  But to ask a private developer to assemble multiple SFH as they become available and carry the carrying costs of property while they wait for the next house is not realistic. [/quote]

The only reason you have to assemble multiple lots to put multiple units on a current SF lot in Bethesda is because the zoning code says that you can't put multiple units on a current SF lot in Bethesda. The only reason you have to provide on-site parking for x number of cars per unit is because the zoning code and the parking minimums say that you have to. The main reason people in the suburbs drive to get places is that the suburbs have been designed so that you have to drive to be able to get places.

There is nothing inherent to any of this. It's easy to look at current conditions and assume that things are as they have to be. But they aren't. Things are as we've made them. We designed for economic segregation, and that's what we got. We need to change that.[/quote]

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