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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the developer is finally starting the missing middle building on our street.  It will have four 3 bed apartments and two 2 bed apartments.  If three people live in the 3 beds and two people in the 2 beds, that's 16 people on a lot where 4 people had lived and three parking spaces where there had been a garage and a long driveway.    [/quote]

in Arlington? which street? I thought all developers weren't starting yet until the court case verdict came out.[/quote]

Builders  are starting if they get a building permit before the lawsuit is settled -- which could take months.   What's the County going to do?  Make them tear down the building?  Can you imagine the optics since Arlington threw itself so heavily behind MM housing.[/quote]

Unfortunately, Virginia law changed this year I don’t think the county can’t require the units to demolished if permits were illegally issued. This creates a loophole that incentivizes localities to issue illegal permits even if the rezoning approval was erroneous. This change in Virginia law will be incentivize corruption because once the building permit is issued it won’t be able to be rescinded even if the permit was erroneous issued and blatantly illegal. So now you can look forward to having a strip club or pawn shop in your neighborhood if their is an incompetent corrupt local government employee :([/quote]

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