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I urge Council to reject the proposed "House Scale" standards. Council should allow flat-roof buildings up to the full 35 feet everywhere. Want to address the housing crisis and structural deficit at the same time? Embrace traditional development.
Stacked 6-plexes have stood across Sacramento's Central City for over a century. They are proven, affordable housing workhorses — simple construction that delivers affordable rents without subsidies. Yet the 24-foot eave cap within House Scale (page 14 of attachment) would keep 6-plexes effectively banned in the vast majority of the city. Furthermore, width/depth restrictions especially in FAR 2.0 areas should NOT be layered on top of existing setbacks. On small lots, they may compound into a de facto downzoning.
Sacramento can't maintain the infrastructure it already has. Letting traditional 6-plexes fill existing neighborhoods adds homes and tax base without adding new streets and pipes — our city's biggest maintenance liabilities by far. That's fiscal common sense, which is more needed than ever in Sacramento.
Please see the attached comment letter on behalf of House Sacramento. Given our unmitigated housing crisis, and a year-and-a-half of anemic development under the Missing Middle Interim Ordinance, we urge City Council to direct staff toward updates that will help us build more missing middle housing, not less. We are concerned that the full suite of staff recommendations would be even more restrictive than the status quo, particularly the proposed width/depth standards (on top of existing open-space and setback requirements) that could severely limit the footprint of all missing middle projects, even ones near transit. The staff proposal also maintains restrictions on three-story residences in most of the city, preventing simple, sustainable, cost-effective infill projects that would unlock new housing opportunities in established neighborhoods.
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