Mixed Use Zoning
Posted by Glenn on April 10, 2006 - 1:41pm in The Oil Drum: Local
Link to article I snagged this picture from.
Imagine instead of eating a Pizza (my favorite food), you were to separate the ingredients and eat them one at a time - first the bread, then the cheese, the sauce and finally the toppings. It wouldn't be the same right? It would be boring to eat and take a lot more time to do. That's what happens in the Suburbs - residential all in one spot, shopping in another, restaurants somewhere else, work off over the horizon...but nothing co-located. A city is supposed to be the opposite - encouraging the mixing of uses to bring all these ingredients together and combining them in different ways to create unique flavors and textures.
Why do I bring this up now?
Councilmember Lappin's office has been wonderful in helping organize around this issue. We plan to be at the board meeting in force tomorrow night and next week for the full board meeting. We already have many, many enthusiastic signatures to a last minute petition to show the community's resolve on this issue.