When American planners say new infill buildings “aren’t feasible” without land assembly, it usually means:
1️⃣ Our city imposes minimum parking mandates.
2️⃣ Our state building code bans the kind of modern, fire-safe single-stair apartments that are routinely built in the rest of the world.
1️⃣ Our city imposes minimum parking mandates.
2️⃣ Our state building code bans the kind of modern, fire-safe single-stair apartments that are routinely built in the rest of the world.
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For ex., an efficient garage has double-loaded aisles, perpendicular stalls & aisles double as ramps. Minimum width is ~120 feet.