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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: Easing Zoning Restrictions
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at October's Board meeting.
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap-up,
we're
gonna,
take
a
look
now
at
a
few,
more
hot
topics
with
County
Board,
Chair
kit,
Katie
crystal
and
vice-chair
Christian
Dorsey.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
on
this
easing
restrictions
on
what's
called
non-conforming
homes.
First,
before
we
get
started,
what
is
a
non-conforming
home?
You.
B
C
C
Think
it's
important
to
to
say
you
know
it
keeps
the
families
in
these
homes.
It
also
keeps
these
homes
in
Arlington
right
when
land
values
are
as
high
as
they
are
here
in
Arlington
County,
a
home
is
not
just
gonna
lay
fallow
right.
You're
gonna
have
the
pressure
probably
of
a
developer
interest
to
try
to
acquire
both
halves
of.
C
It's
non-conforming,
so
they
can't
build
it
back.
The
duplex
with
two
semi,
affordable
hubs-
they're,
probably
gonna,
tear
it
down
and
build
a
very
large
single-family
house,
which
is
what
that
lot
allows
for.
So
it
really
is
a
way
of
preserving
this
option,
not
only
for
for
the
family
who
currently
lives
in
it
to
make
it
work
for
their
needs,
but
to
keep
that
relatively
speaking,
more
affordable
ownership
option
within
our
housing
stock,
which.
A
C
This
is
I,
think
kind
of
a
nice
edge
of
a
whole
body
of
work
that
we're
so
excited
about
in
our
colleague.
Eric
was
was
mentioning
this
in
his
board
report
this
month,
the
the
need
to
think
more
expansively
about
the
types
of
ownership,
housing
stock,
in
particular
that
we
allow
throughout
the
county.
As
you
know,
people
point
out
all
the
time.
Your
your
options,
if
you're
looking
to
buy
in
in
Arlington
these
days,
feel
like
an
expensive
high-rise,
condo
or
an
expensive,
very
large
single-family
house.
C
It
disadvantages
young
families
who
maybe
don't
have
the
capital
to
buy
in
or
just
don't
want
to
space
that
large,
but
it
disadvantages
other
folks
like,
for
example,
our
retirees
we're
ready
to
downsize
out
of
a
larger
house
that
they
raise
their
kids
in,
but
would
like
to
stay
in
a
neighborhood,
that's
important
to
them,
and
so
how
do
we
think
about
legalizing
right
allowing
these
types
of
alternatives?
When
we
say
most,
these
duplexes
are
non-conforming.
It
means
that
it's
hard
to
build
a
duplex
in
most
places
in
Arlington
County.
C
Now
it's
not
possible
to
build,
for
example,
a
series
of
small
cottages
or
a
four-plex
or
six
flags,
and
so
there
is
a
whole
body
of
work
out
there
for
us
and
I
see
this
action,
it's
a
great
way
to
kick
start
it
about
thinking
about
how
we
can
legalize
and
introduce
these
alternative
forms
throughout
the
county.
Okay,.
C
C
Change
in
Arlington
and
our
staff
really
deserves
kudos
for
making
it
happen,
but
a
couple
of
owners
of
these
duplexes
really
to
sort
of
kudos
for
digging
in
doing
the
research,
bring
it
to
the
board's
attention.
It's
a
great
example
of
an
action
that
makes
our
zoning
ordinance
I,
think
better,
more
reflective
of
our
values
and
I
really
believe
it
wouldn't
have
happened
if
it
hadn't
been
for
the
advocacy
of
a
few
individuals
in
particular.
Okay,
you.
B
Know
this
combined
with
the
pool
incremental
steps.
You
know
their
zoning
ordinance
is
quite
quite
big,
so
you
know
doing
comprehensive
reviews
of
it
or
not,
really
possible.
So
you
have
to
take
surgical
strikes
when
you
can,
but
it's
a
recognition
that
Arlington
has
changed
a
lot
since
the
zoning
ordinance
was
created
and
even
though
we've
made
changes
over
the
years,
there's
still
a
lot
of
legacy
issues
which
very
much
reflect
a
less
develop
broad,
suburban
sensibility
as
opposed
to
moving
us
close
to
the
the
fairly
urbanized
core
that
we've
become.