Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Lot sizes

[Jerry McIntire (jerry.mcintire]

Thanks Peter. We aren't bending over backwards-- there is no zoning in our
rural township. There is only a state requirement that any development over
six lots must be platted as a subdivision. The state (Wisconsin) also
allows for a "Conservation Subdivision" with the houses grouped closely to
conserve greenspace on common land. Gotta love those (past) progressives in
Madison, our capitol.

Jerry

Jerry McIntire
Stone's Throw Ecovillage, in the heart of Wisconsin's beautiful Driftless
region
http://stonesthrowcommunity.wordpress.com/
1-608-637-6620

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Peter Goldstein <
peterhansgoldstein [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Jerry -
>
> Until recently, the cohousing directory had columns for overall footprint
> in acres and unit count. You can view it in backup at
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20140419203111/https://www.cohousing.org/directory
>
> With some communities all in one building and others spread over dozens of
> acres, lot size means something different in each.
>
> This is just my opinion, but I wouldn't bend over too far backward trying
> to fit into existing zoning laws. Where I've done detailed research (near
> Boston), nothing even close to cohousing could be built without a variance.
>
> - Peter
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 Jerry McIntire (jerry.mcintiregmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > >For lot development communities, is there a resource somewhere that
> lists
> > >the lot sizes in different communities? I imagine it varies
> considerably.
> > I
> > >could contact a number of communities, but I wonder if someone has a
> > >collection of data like this.
> >
> > I am not aware of such a list, we'll see if anyone else is.
> > For starters, is there a list of cohousing communities that used the
> > lot development model?
> >
> > A couple thoughts from the discussion here around Jan 17, 2015 with
> > Subject: Lot development walkability [was: Getting started ...
> > that evolved to a discussion of how zoning and bank loan requirements
> > affect density. Do these specifically put a lower limit on lot size?
> >
> > Also if you end up collecting data, I'd urge watching for
> > other measures of walkability.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
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