The builders association argued that San Jose "had failed to demonstrate a nexus between the challenged ordinance and the 'deleterious public impacts of new residential development.'" In other words, unless new residential developments at market rate worsened the lack of affordable housing, there was no basis for the new ordinance.
The Ultra Light Village is a curatorial project by Terence Riley that puts five architects' ideas into an actual urban environment, creating a new model of residential development while raising public awareness and establishing a dialogue around these critical issues.
At the same time, city officials have worked to raze and redevelop troubled public-housing complexes and replace them with residential development that would create mixed-income communities.
Bruce Batkin, an owner of the building at 160 Imlay Street that was granted a residential variance, said he thought the city's study indicated that the waterfront was well suited for residential development, despite the lack of public transportation.
It is a neighborhood that even five years ago was considered problematic for residential development, primarily because the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing project is across the street.
National Resources has put forth a bold concept for Tarrytown: a mixed-use project including an aquatic center with a swimming pool, a public esplanade along the river, commercial space, a relatively low density residential development and a new Village Hall.
While the board's recommendations are only advisory and would remain so, its reports and findings have framed public debate and provided statistics on issues ranging from commercial and residential development to conservation and water quality.
Wilderness areas enjoy a higher level of protection than any other public lands, including national parks, and commercial activities like logging, drilling and residential development are forbidden.
This study illustrated how a limited number of SCM retrofits installed within the public right-of-way can mitigate some of the hydrologic impacts of existing residential development.
Already we have had nine billion dollars of public and private investment along the light rail, mostly in the form of residential development.
