Prop A basically locks in our building heights to 30' without a vote to the people.
But what if people voted to lock in our height at 33' ?
SDUT news link: Encinitas may ask voters to raise building height limits
Former Encinitas mayor Sheila Cameron said voters sent a strong message to city officials in June when they approved the growth-control initiative known as Proposition A and created the 30-foot height limit.
People don’t want “up-zoning,” Cameron said, adding, “Don’t you understand that? I don’t get why you don’t get that.”
People don't want "up-zoning" unless they want "up-zoning", which we won't know unless the people get to vote on what I'm calling The Munckin Ordinance.
I agree.
ReplyDeleteI also want to vote on if I have to listen to the shit sprayed against the wall from the KLCC.
WTF?
What the City wants to do is be able to rezone whole areas rather than on a project by project basis as provided by Prop A. If such an attempt wins out, the public would be faced with an "all or nothing" choice. The Prop. A procedure is expensive and time consuming because the public has made it clear that they don't want 30' buildings unless the project is outstanding and meets community needs. The City just wants to meet the bogus State housing requirements. As a City, we should be telling the State that until their requirements make sense, we will not comply. We should be fighting for our City, not complying with every dictatorial requirement of the State. We elected CITY Council people to represent us, not to represent the State interests.
ReplyDeleteThere are a LOT of homes in Encinitas that were paid off long ago. But the state tells us (or SANDAG?) that those dwellings cannot be counted as affordable units. That's called skewing. Also, in 1995 Encinitas was deficient 500 affordable places to live. Since then the population has only increased 8%, yet the need for affordable homes has increased over 400% (or up to 2300 homes now needed). That's called highway robbery.
ReplyDeleteStill, no one at the city, state or SANDAG will acknowledge this huge imbalance they've required of us.
But great pic of the Lollipop Guild and I'll bet people would pay closer attention to me at city meetings if I had that red outfit and gold wig.
ReplyDelete30 feet is plenty.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know how a developer was able to put up a likely 30 foot high two storing house across the street from me? I thought the muni code limited height to 22 ft for RS-11 lots with <10% grade. The cottage that was originally there was a 50's 1 story building - so legacy height exceptions don't apply. I guess my question is how were they able override the Muni-code.
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