Wizardmarks wrote:
As we sit in the middle of an oil war with gas going up at the pump every
Wednesday it seems like, your city council voted on April 29 of this year to
change the ordinance governing the number of windows in single, duplex,
triplex, and fourplex buildings. The code formerly read that sides facing
the street must have 7% of the area in windows. The council changed that to
15%. (Ordinance 535.90, Section C.) Only Lilligren voted against it, though
Zerby, Johnson, and Goodman were not there. The two Greens on the council
voted in the affirmative..
In another action the council voted that new house construction cannot have
either aluminum or vinyl siding, in a stroke making housing less affordable
and harder to care for, particularly for seniors and disabled persons.
dennis plante writes:
On the 1st item, personally I think 15% window coevrage on the front is
aggressive. However, it won't knock-out a large amount of builders.
On the 2nd item - that's just plain stupid. I have not a clue why
Minneapolis (during a time of shrunken tax revenues and lots of vacant lots)
believes it should lead the charge in dictating what type of siding you have
to use to build a house. A fairly typical single-family build-out
incorporates roughly 22 square (10' x 10' area) of siding. Eliminating
vinyl and aluminum leaves you with the option (as a builder) of stucco,
fiber-cement, or steel siding. All of which will run you about
$200-$250/square more. Or, $4,000-$5,000/house in increased costs.
If tyhis is true, it amazes me. I am not familiar with any other
municipality that has such an ordinance...
dennis plante
lind-bohanon
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