Do You Need A Parking Space With That?

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.

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December 12, 2006, 2:00 PM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"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

Sunday, November 12, 2006 in The New York Times

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