I agree with Dan Niziolek on this one. Currently, zoning considers 5,000 square feet a buildable lot. If they are going to lower that to whatever some of these odd shaped lots are, then it doesn't make sense to require a garage.
I live on a block with 6 21/2 story walk-ups. There are no alleys and there are houses that have no garages. These people compete for parking space on the street with all the apartment dwellers. Everyone seems to find a place to park (except of course when the city implements the Winter one side of the street parking). To date, I have heard of no neighbors fighting with one another over parking on the street.
Most of the time these odd sized lots are on a side street or corner. They most likely have houses on either side. The only option for these type of lots would be to dig down under with a tuck under garage. If they now want to also require a full basement in these structures that would be extremely difficult.
Powderhorn received some very interesting entries to it's small lot design competition. Maybe someone from Powderhorn Park can weigh in on this issue.
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