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Re:The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Tim... by bashinator on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:37PM (#36483853)
Curious and just brainstorming a possibility here; is it possible for a city to rezone an existing property? Say a building that's unoccupied for N years triggers an automatic zoning review.
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Re:The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Tim... by nradov on Monday June 26, 2023 @04:28PM (#36485383)
Cities in most states have some freedom to rezone existing properties. They already conduct periodic zoning reviews when updating their master plans, and real estate owners can request zoning variances at any time. So I don't know that a vacancy trigger would really change anything.
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