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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ Right, but only the 78 is properly planned to have a subway station.
The demand right now is for TOD. Particularly hot these days is the Blue/Pink lines, but yes the other ones are always going to be popular too.
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I'm not trying to argue, but just pointing out that, like, most of the North Side is just small apartment buildings with no parking. And that's the most desirable, in-demand area to live.
Just get rid of parking requirements city wide and be done with it. And then as-of-right density to match the average density within 200' of non-TOD, non-commercial streets anywhere in the city. e.g., if you have a parcel in Lakeview surrounded by 20 unit walkups, something similar is permitted. If you have a parcel near midway surrounded by bungalos, nothing more than four units or a SFH + ADU is as-of-right. One benefit to this kind of zoning is that density would creep across the city from already dense areas.
That would make middle-income housing affordable city wide, but still wouldn't address housing for people on the bottom of the ladder. My favored idea for that would be legalizing micro-units and letting developers place them wherever there's demand. I like the sentiment behind the ARO pilots, but perhaps developers want to build affordable housing where land is cheap, because that is where it can most effectively be delivered. I would stick with the ARO concept but remove the requirement that affordable units be delivered onsite or nearby.