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Originally Posted by tennis1400
Most businesses dont have an issue with less parking except things like groceries. Because most people still use cars to transport them. I agree that the roof should be used as should the roof on the future costco.
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That's great, but the additional loads on the foundation could mean a world of difference in terms of construction cost. The city should encourage it, but it may not be realistic on many sites where the soil sucks.
Maybe we could set up a TIF district and use the proceeds to partially subsidize this kind of development?
In the long run we need to transition away from driving to stores. Groceries excepted, because weekly shopping trips are and will be the norm in New Orleans. We don't have the population density to drive more closely-spaced neighborhood grocers that would allow for daily grocery shopping.
The city is full of corner-store buildings with no stores in them. That needs to change - these places should be brought online with convenience stores, sandwich joints, coffee shops, bakeries, or professional offices at least, and zoning should make this legal and easy to do. Despite the renaissance that lots of people are sensing, we just don't have the property values to drive new construction, so we need to use every bit of existing building stock that we have.