Originally Posted by B. Carfree

Eugene is in the process of finalizing new zoning that permits alley access lots and secondary dwellings on R1 lots. Basically, this is squeezing tiny houses in between existing houses. I'm not a fan, since it will exacerbate our drainage problems, increase the density of traffic, increase the toxicity of the unpaved alley soil, increase noise, decrease local air quality (we're routinely in the American Lung Association's worst ten seasonal air basins) and increase the urban heat island effect.

The planners have conveniently exempted their own neighborhoods from this increase in density.