I believe the short timeline for approval of this legislation has prevented residents and communities from engaging with the city and addressing and resolving their concerns about the ordinance. 
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Rather than rezoning for higher housing densities, the Cincinnati Metro transit system can be improved everywhere to promote services …
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Aside from disruption to us the taxpayers, are the financial costs incurred by the city itself. Look up what we’re spending on Police/Fire/EMT calls alone on properties such as 882 Clinton Springs, 730 E. Mitchell, and Rion Lane complex. Currently the city is totally unable to properly manage these blighted properties.

The purpose of zoning has always been protection for the homeowner. The proposed amendments do the opposite.
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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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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.

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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The plan does not consider community-driven development for North Avondale’s historic, architectural and cultural preservation.
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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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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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