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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those look fine to me.[/quote]

They all look fantastic. I think what PP is saying is that they would change the character of a neighborhood. Personally I don't have a problem with a bit of density, but I can admit that if you replace ten single family homes on a block and replace them with 80 units of housing in the same area, that will be a new character. Maybe not a bad character, but we cannot stand here and discuss this and not acknowledge it will be a new neighborhood. [/quote]

It was a new neighborhood when those houses were built, too. Things change.[/quote]

I don’t think that this gentle density upzoning is possible to do in a historic district of single family houses, is it?[/quote]

Ultimately if these changes were made and then called 'by-right' you could make the changes you wanted to your single family home 'upzoning' it, however, you would simply have another step in the process, submitting the plans to HPRB (Historic Plans Review Board). You would end up with the outside shell and conservative architecture that fit the surroundings, but a 'historic' home cut up and divided into apartments inside.

Remember, the irony of dealing with HPRB is that as an individual they are prohibitive and expensive to deal with, however, as a developer, go in there with a conservative design protecting the facade and they have demonstrated that they are more than willing to allow an upzoning. (Example 1756 kilbourne pl nw)[/quote]

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