Time To Change the Mixed Use Height Limits?

Dan Voelpel’s column today focuses on Tacoma’s 45 foot height limit in our mixed use zones.  Is it time to raise it to 60 or 75 feet?  Would that create the conditions for the ‘right’ development for the city?  Or would that simply provide a way for developers to make more money on limited land? 

I’m generally pro-development and pro-density.  However, I’m still looking for the long term vision for the city that can provide us with the insight needed to guide the regulations and move us forward.  The article focuses on quotes from developers and a few members of the City Council.  It’s not the developers that should be defining that vision and driving the discussion.  Merely my opinion…

Link to The News Tribune