Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Please sign the online petition to
"Prevent Marin County's Housing Plan from Promoting Excessive High-Density Housing"



Here's the link:
https://www.change.org/p/marin-county-board-of-supervisors-prevent-marin-county-s-housing-plan-from-promoting-excessive-high-density-housing
 

We only have until December 9th to convince the Supervisors to make MAJOR changes to Marin County's DRAFT Housing Plan in order to prevent excessive high-density housing in Unincorporated Marin.  The only way this will happen is if we can demonstrate STRONG political clout.  Presenting hundreds, better yet thousands, of petition signatures will help accomplish this.

Please take two minutes to sign the online petition described below.  Be sure to add a comment where it asks; "Why is this important to you?" Then, please forward this message to everyone you know.

ISSUES:
Marin County’s DRAFT Housing Element (a state mandated document that plans to meet the existing and projected housing needs of Unincorporated Marin) promotes excessive high-density housing by planning for over 200% more housing units than required by law and by including programs geared to housing developments that could:
• Greatly increase density by changing the definition of a “unit”, such as calculating studios and one-bedroom apartments as fractions of units;
• Dramatically raise height limits – up to 45 feet (similar to the WinCup Apartments);
• Cluster housing units at 30 units per acre even in single family neighborhoods;
• Reduce onsite parking and force residents to park on crowded streets or in public parking areas that are meant for other purposes;  
• Promote streamlined and ministerial “over-the-counter” permit review, thereby significantly limiting public input and thorough review; and 
• Allow the number of units in traffic impact areas to exceed pre-established housing unit CAPs.

CONSEQUENCES: 
The Housing Element promotes an excessive number of high-density housing developments with even greater potential density, height, and size than currently allowed. Such densification with the ensuing population growth would increase the risk of adverse impacts on the environment, public health and safety, traffic congestion, infrastructure, utilities (water supply), public services (schools), views, sunlight, privacy and neighborhood character. Streamlined and ministerial “over-the-counter” permit review of housing projects would hinder thorough and accurate review, constrain valuable public input on planning decisions, and reduce transparency, thereby diminishing the quality and safety of the developments. 

TAKE ACTION:
Please sign this petition to urge the Marin County Board of Supervisors to act now to revise the 2015 to 2023 Marin County DRAFT Housing Element and:
1. Reduce the number of sites and housing units identified in Housing Element’s Site Inventory; and
2. Eliminate the above-mentioned Housing Element programs. 

Here's the link to the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/marin-county-board-of-supervisors-prevent-marin-county-s-housing-plan-from-promoting-excessive-high-density-housing

Thank you for taking action! 

Together we can make a difference!


Special thanks to Sharon Rushton, Chairperson, Sustainable TamAlmonte for creating this petition.

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