Cohousing-L Mailing List: Lot development model cohousing [was: More affordable housing ideas

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Rob Sandelin floriferous [at] msn.com wrote:

[Regarding lot development model cohousing}:

> 
> Obviously developing land into lots uses more land than attached wall
> housing does, although I suppose you could also create duplex lots or other
> creative ways to share walls or structures.
> 
> So If you decide to do this model, I would encourage you to put into place
> architectural review standards, where the community has to approve plans,
> and setup guideline as to maximum house size and costs, among other things.
> This gives you some control over having too many oversized homes.

Rob, a related consequence to using more land is that it affects the
layout, making dense pedestrian street layouts more difficult, I imagine.
Are you aware of any lot development model cohousing communities that have
achieved the "cozy" feel and easy sight lines to multiple neighbors
of communities like for example Puget Ridge?

Fred

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