[quote=AN][quote=afx114]No one is talking about high-rises. This is simply about raising the height limit to 60 feet (instead of 30 where it is now). And it’s only for a single vacant lot right next to the station.
Mountain, meet molehill.[/quote]Understood. I was just making about about the OP’s desire for more affordable housing. If he/she really want affordable housing, then he/she should be pushing for a lot more density and a lot more supply. What we have here will not make a dent on price/supply. I actually support more density housing around these trolly stops. Mira Mesa is planning for exactly that when the trolly extend from UTC through Mira Mesa on Carroll Canyon. That area will be mix use and dense.
60′ will mean about 4-5 story condos. That doesn’t sound sound too crazy.[/quote]
60′ at that location is fairly high. There’s quite a few view houses up the hill that are potentially impacted. There’s already 30′ condos down there so it’s reasonable to assume that another 30′ condo wouldn’t be that big of a deal. Now the problem is they’ll likely build the 30′ condo and not plan well for the parking situation. That area already has a pretty bad parking situation because of the other condos and apartments that didn’t plan for the parking demand. It’s naive to assume that just because you have a trolley stop that people aren’t going to bring their cars and demand a place to park them.
