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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on July 27, 2015 at 12:50pm

Way cool. We should go even further and do what New York City requires for bicycle parking. This is not rocket science and doesn't infringe upon anyone's second amendment rights, either.

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Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on July 27, 2015 at 1:54pm

Will people be asked to relinquish their unit if they are found to be parking a SUV in the vicinity of their transit-oriented housing unit?

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Permalink Reply by Len Krietz on July 28, 2015 at 1:47am

We had a discussion on this at a neighborhood meeting since one is going in my neighborhood (at Roscoe & Southport.  Our neighborhood has permit parking and there was a general concern about the extra parking load a 33 unit building (w 6 parking spaces) would produce.  After wading though most of the BS from the developers, interest groups and alderman.  It came down to this, to appease the neighborhood, people with an address at the new building could not apply for a residential permit, however they can buy daily permits.  Denying a residential permit is solely at the alderman's discretion so knowing how Chicago aldermen work, this carrot was tossed out to appease the masses and probably will be reversed within a year.  My problem is not with the Transit oriented development (as a landlord i will probably be able to significantly increase rent based on the projected apartment rental rates for the development) but because of the continued degradation of Southport with the tear downs and national chain stores. 

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