While most cities are extremely reluctant to permit housing without parking, a few are taking steps to reduce or eliminate the typical requirements and allow developers to provide less parking and unbundle spaces from units.
"Annemieke Clark and her boyfriend, Daniel Pasley, do not spend a lot of time driving. Ms. Clark, a 29-year-old nursing student at Oregon Health and Science University, takes the bus to school. Her boyfriend is a 'crazy bike rider,' she said.
So when they decided to buy their first home last winter, they chose a one-bedroom unit in the Civic, one of the first new developments in Portland to market condominiums without parking spaces."
Ms. Clark said they bought the $175,000 condo, which will be ready next summer, because 'it was absolutely the cheapest one selling.'"
FULL STORY: No Parking: Condos Leave Out Cars
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