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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ Uhhh..... no.
Unless you can create 33 basement apartments in a 100 unit building, or 33 coach houses in a 100 unit building, nothing even remotely close to that will happen.
This ordinance is meant for smaller single-lot buildings like SFH, 2, 3, 4 flats, etc.
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The ordinance and website reads that "properties with 5 or more units,
coach houses are not permitted, but the property owner can
create up to 33 percent more units as conversion units"
Conversion units are defined in Section 17-17-0240.6 as "A dwelling unit that is: (i)
either newly constructed or rehabilitated for reuse, and (ii) located within a principal residential buildings that has been in lawful existence for 20 or more years, and (iii) established in accordance with Sections
17-2-0303-C and 17-9-0131."
Sections 17-2-0303-C and 17-9-0131 go on to affirm that any property with +5 units may increase their density by 33% in the case of "
repair, remodeling, or alteration of residential buildings that are located in any RS2, RS3, RT or RM zoning districts" Furthermore, they are not subject to restrictions such as minimum lot area per unit, open spaces requirements, or parking minimums, which would otherwise prohibit conversion units. So yes, the example I provided is possible. Obviously there would have to be serious remodeling of a 100 unit building to accommodate an extra 33 units, but it can be done.