The Arlington County Board will consider a plan in March to make it easier to construct buildings with up to six units in any residential neighborhood.
“I’m frankly tired of talking about seven- and eightplexes,” she said. “The conversation from here until March will be better and more focused and will bring down some of the distress in the community if we at this point signal that we’re not going to go above six [units].”Many homeowners have lobbied against the policy entirely, and two groups sent out press releases condemning the vote moments after the meeting.
The framework drew some immediate opposition among Arlington homeowners, who raised concerns about how denser housing would clog sanitary sewers, crowd schools and remove trees. They also pointed out that even the least expensive units produced under the plan would still go for nearly half a million dollars.
As the debate ramped up, one side boosted one number as a selling point for “missing middle” while the other blasted it as a cudgel. At aAdvertisement Yet, some lots on the wealthier, northern end of the county are unusually large for an inner-ring suburb like Arlington, with 20,000 or more square feet. And it is on those lots that supporters like Cristol said eightplexes could fit comfortably.
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