I am council candidate with the most experience dealing with zoning in rail corridors.
With the near completion of the Sprinter project, the city will be under intense pressure by devlopers to spot rezone along the corridor for multi family, multi use and high density housing.
The fact is the Sprinter must draw from nearby (walking distance) housing to be successful and as the negative cost of operation climbs (and it will!), the transit district will put pressure on the cities to rezone for high density housing.
This is a given. Every rail corridor in the nation has had this happen.
HOW we do it is what's important.
It can be done one of two ways:
First it can be done by spot rezoning as each developer brings forth a project. This will result in a hodge-podge mess of projects that don't compliment the area or each other. Problems like emergency access, safety and crime will be HUGE problems.
The other method is to form a plan, involve citizens and develope a comprehensive zoning project for the entire corridor. Let the developers plan around the city's planning rather than the other way.
If this is not done, I guarantee we will have a mess.
I've been there, done that.
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