Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: "Cohousing Overlay" as Zoning Regulation

[John Beutler (jabeutler]

Brian,

That all sounds great but you'd but just asking for an immediate 
rejection in most jurisdictions.  I would advise that you ask for the 
changes in the ordinance that you need for your project and no more.

Cheers

JAB

On 3/10/2011 10:09 PM, Brian Bartholomew wrote:
> > The only topics which we're currently promoting is 1) for density to
> > be increased with the use of cottages 600 ft2 or less (counting as 1/2
> > of a dwelling unit) and cottages between 600 ft2 and 800 ft2 (counting
> > as 3/4 of a dwelling unit) and 2) eliminating the restriction on
> > clustered housing that mandates that all homes lined up on any side be
> > similar in design.  We're all for variety; have five, basic models;
> > and don't want to be told what house goes where.
> How about you let your cohousing zoning overlay be a stalking horse for
> low-income housing for retirees?  Allow cottages that arrive on their
> own wheels, or on a truck bed.  Eliminate blanket legal prohibitions
> against mobile homes, Katrina cottages, recreational vehicles.  Allow a
> cohousing planned-unit-development to be approved without having all the
> house footprints defined.  This eliminates one of the major prohibitions
> against building a house in stages, yourself, while living in it, and
> not going into debt.
>                                                         Brian
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