Comments on: A2D2 Zoning in the Home Stretch http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/03/24/a2d2-zoning-in-the-home-stretch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a2d2-zoning-in-the-home-stretch it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Steve Bean http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/03/24/a2d2-zoning-in-the-home-stretch/comment-page-1/#comment-14531 Steve Bean Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:42:29 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=16890#comment-14531 My guess is that, while this has been a positive exercise and improvement to policy overall, the height issue won’t be the concern that many anticipate. The cost of constructing with energy-intensive materials like steel and concrete will make taller (i.e., 6+ stories) buildings much less likely as we transition into energy descent post-peak oil. The current economy, combined with local population declines, may prevent any more from being built before we’re so far down the cheap-and-dense-energy supply slope that they become permanently infeasible.

If we’re to increase density in the city and downtown, I think it will most likely be in the form of 3-4 story buildings with small setbacks.

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