First and foremost, the proposed development is simply too large for our area. This project is simply not the right fit for our community.
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[2nd] Connected Communities response: Margaret Keim, resident of North Avondale
Following California’s passage of SB-9, a similar legislation to eliminate single family zoning, many municipalities are now scrambling to put measures in place to blunt the ill-effects they are now experiencing.
Connected Communities response: Sarah Rich (Rose Hill Avenue)
If you have an extreme housing shortage in the ENTIRE City, then change zoning in ALL of the City. How you can selectively destroy certain neighborhoods, diminish property values and concentrate poverty all based on bus routes?
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Connected Communities response: Francine Buescher (Avon Fields Place)
The plan does not consider community-driven development for North Avondale’s historic, architectural and cultural preservation.
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Connected Communities response: David S. Arends, AIA OAA (Beechwood Avenue)
Eight opposition points from an architect and North Avondale resident’s perspective including housing unit density, offstreet parking, zoning code restrictions and quality, building setbacks, property values, and economic growth of our city.
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Connected Communities response: Meg Keim (Beechwood Avenue)
In its current form…..the city would be ignoring federal HUD policies which limit the density of neighborhoods that already have high concentrations of publicly funded income restricted housing.
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Connected Communities response: Troy Robinson (Red Bud Avenue)
I urge the City of Cincinnati to leave the zoning as-is. Instead of legislating destructive change; enforce current codes/ regulations and find financial resources and incentives to motivate the free market to determine the best location and type of affordable housing within the constraints of the current zoning code.
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