I stand corrected. I’m always open to learning new things on a daily basis.

From the City Development Standards:

“…14. Government and business offices; office buildings: One space per 400 square feet of gross floor area.”

This must come as quite a relief to developers who are used to 200 sf requirement in many jurisdictions.

The difference then is 70 spaces discounting all 2 bedroom units proposed. Or, in other words, at the rate of $25,000/parking deck space, a savings of $1.7 million to the developer.

Just curious, and as a measure of reality, has anyone looked to see how many vacant spaces are available at the Ice House Loft (rental units) parking deck between the hours of 8 & 5?

anyhoo…I wonder if a lot of the animosity to new development comes from a suburban mentatlity? Just throwing it out there. I say this cause, typically, in the suburbs there is a diminishing return to development. ie you buy a house in a typical suburb in Cobb/Gwinnett/Forsyth one can be content, until new development shows up, as it inevitably does. The woods in your backyard are now another sprawled out development to add traffic on the streets to the new poorly built strip-mall (due to accelerated depreciation our govt decided was a good idea 70 years ago) that just opened up. Development is far from a good thing in that environment.

That being said, in an urban environment (such as Decatur), the returns can be quite nice. ie 315, or Trinity will add vitality to currently barren landscapes (parking lot and rubble). they will add diversity through new residents and shops, and be generally a greener move as it will add population near transit (as opposed to putting people out in the burbs or further from transit). Traffic does not seem to be adversely affected either (in fact, as Decatur has denseified traffic has decreased). Something to keep in mind.

I am not in the “cater to the car” camp.

of course, as the economy tanks, we may all find ourselves beyond thunderdome…and this all just becomes a moot point.

…which is an actual solution as opposed to doomsday calls for covering front yards in asphalt.

Where is the data for that?

Then the rest of your calculations wouldn’t be wrong and people might seem less cranky and take them more seriously.