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Paid_Corporate_Shill t1_j5u0ia1 wrote

Reply to comment by friedcat777 in Washington state might nix-single family zoning by magenta_placenta

Wouldn’t this be the developers’ problem? Doesn’t seem like something the state needs to worry about

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friedcat777 t1_j5xjbna wrote

No its not their problem at all. If your thinking about a developer that has a 200 acre plot he wants to turn into a suburb then sure maybe. But we don't have many of those left. This would affect areas that are already inhabited by single family residents.

Someone that wants to turn a house into a 4 plex can't afford to upgrade the cities sewer system. If its running at capacity what does that mean? they can't build it? The City doesn't have to permit it? But that would quickly put us right back where we started. They do have to permit it?. And when it breaks we will worry about it later or pump the wast into the sound?

I'm all for the change. I'm not even opposed to a lets do it and we will figure it out as we go. But this feels a bit ham handed not considering things area by area. Again local gov is supposed to see to these details and they have had an agenda other then making housing affordable so something has to be done. But there are quite a few moving parts at play the state needs to consider.

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Paid_Corporate_Shill t1_j61ba2s wrote

That’s a good point, and you certainly can’t trust the developers to consider what the infrastructure can handle. They just want to sell houses. IMO, the strain on infrastructure is an easier problem to deal with in the long run. Upzoning discussions are so fraught, whereas if sewage is overflowing I feel like it’s pretty easy to get people on board with upgrading the sewer system.

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friedcat777 t1_j62a4dr wrote

And you are right about that. That a conversation about upgrading a sewer system is way easier to navigate then getting a bunch NMBY folks to agree to higher density and change. So hopefully it passes and it will have the desired effect. Its probably better then trying nothing and complaining that its still broke.

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