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Originally Posted by toddguy
Does the zoning remaining at 550 feet for now have any impact on the other project(the five Piano towers project)that involved towers up to 1200 feet? Isn't that proposal directly next to this one in the same area? Or is that not in the 'transist district' area and this does not affect that?
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It is, in my opinion and experience with city permitting, often a case of the right hand not only not know what the left hand is doing --the Swig/Meyer condo over Transbay, case and point! In fact, in this city it's more the left hand not even knowing there's a right hand (or vice versa).
If you read the article, the first round of impact planning for the zoning changes was postponed by protests from one of the competing bidders on possible conflict of interest from the consultants. A completely legitimate complaint and should be dealt with in a transparent manner in order to minimize the prospect for lawsuits by the losing bidders (In america, you can always sue, but if you can hive off the various areas where a plaintiff would have standing, you increase the prospect of the case being thrown out).
Also, the documents for the bid asked for renderings, planning for a tower between 800 and 1200 ft., so there's a lot of room between conceptual and actual for the plans to be presented. The city is slow, yes, but it is also crucial there be no plausible evidence of zoning 'fixes,' et al to keep the Sue and Calvin show at bay.