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Originally Posted by Jim613
Well, I guess my point is that some here are taking the default position of blaming the city while it's pretty clear that Mizrahi is purposely going over the height limit by 3 stories and isn't budging.
Again, I'm not blaming anyone here because I have no idea how much 3 stories affects everything (profit and design on Mizrahi's part and whatever the city is looking out for) but when the city says "9 stories max" and the developer says "I don't care, it's 12 or nothing" I don't get why the city is the bad guy here
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The problem is that the City constantly approves buildings taller than current zoning (although in this case, the zoning is part of a brand new CDP). Furthermore, the City continues to approve bland buildings all over the place, weather or not they follow the zoning.
Here we have a building with much higher standards in design, proposed for a gateway corner on the line between two of our most popular urban neighborhoods, and the City rejects it outright because of three measly stories.
I, along with many others, think the City should focus more on design rather than the fact that a building might be proposed with a few extra floors.