Breaking News: The black box has been found and we’ve discovered a link to the diagram. You can see it here.

Evidently, sensing their overreach, the people behind One House One Lot have started to downplay the fact that the legislation they support will dramatically impact the ability of existing homeowners to add to their own homes. They’ve posted a diagram in an effort to dampen the growing concern. One House One Lot is a group of angry neighbors intent on shutting down single-family development in Seattle. As David Neiman pointed out, the code writers at the Department of Planning and Development have been taking their dictation. I think people’s patience with a narrow group bent on their own interests is thinning.

But before I could post their diagram the One House people posted, they took it down.

As Dan Bertolet said, “oops!”

In lieu of the graphic, here’s a Facebook thread that completely refutes the premise of the lost graphic and the argument that the One House One Lot effort wouldn’t, in fact, impact people who want to add a floor or addition. Facebooks, take it away (low graphics version).

Dan Bertolet

shared a link via Roger Valdez.

Yesterday
Oops, looks like it’s a downzone for any single family lot < 3200 sf…

DPD Tried to Regulate Small Lots;You Wouldn’t Believe What Happened Next! – Smart Growth Seattle
www.seattleforgrowth.org
Over the last part of the week I kept hearing noises on social media about problems with the Department of Planning and…

David Sucher likes this.

Bill Bradburd

oops, maybe not.
www.onehomeperlot.com/…/04/Height_existing_remodels.pdf
21 hours ago · Like

Matt Gangemi

Your diagram ignores the 4′ that existing home was built over grade. Show me an older Seattle home built at-grade anywhere.
19 hours ago · Like

Matt Gangemi

Besides, we’re talking about 7% of all Seattle houses that you’re trying to down-zone. What gives you the right to do that?
19 hours ago · Like

Dan Bertolet

Bill, who made that graphic, you? Why won’t anyone put their name on it?
18 hours ago · Like · 1

Bill Bradburd

not I. http://www.onehomeperlot.com/

One Home Per Lot
www.onehomeperlot.com

Building a new house in the backyard or side yard of an existing Seattle home do…See More
18 hours ago · Like · 1

Matt Gangemi

Seriously Bill, show me one house that retrofit option will work for.
18 hours ago · Like

Dan Bertolet

Don’t expect much, Matt. Just like climate change deniers, the anti-housing activists’ modus operandi is to obfuscate, and John Fox is their guru.
18 hours ago · Like · 1

Bill Bradburd

not sure about john fox being a guru, but i’ll take your word on the linkage between Duffus infill housing and solving climate change.
17 hours ago · Edited · Like · 1

Jerry Pukasan

as a practicing architect, specializing in residential design, the graphic BB posted does not make any sense to me. I think it means zoning regulations not building code but still, the graphic is nothing but cartoon.
1, floor to floor height is not ceiling height, vaulted ceiling has a thickness too, houses main floor normally is at least 2 feet off grade, that graphic is not even realistic.
2, people live in the city to share space and to live more efficiently, my small lot neighbor should have same right and same height limit as me, many houses were built on double lot or triple lot in the pass, but now we have more population and less resources, if you don’t like seeing tall buildings too close to you, buy a bigger lot, move to sub or learn how to deal with it, people in most cities in the world know that.,
3, small lots owners pay property tax proportionally too, actually with setback limits, they can’t use their lot as much already, why bully them even more? only because you “don’t like” their 3 story skyscraper?
4, one home per lot so should there be 2 homes on a double lot ?