Hamartia Antidote
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The problem is landlords don't give a sh*t. This "18 units" is a sham. They will rent an apartment unit out to 4+ people instead of one (since 4+ people can pay yearly rent increases easier than a family). Each person will end up parking their 4 cars 5 blocks away infront of another unit whose people then have to park their cars another 5 blocks away.
This story about a "win" by skipping parking is all about sucking up to powerful landlords/builders not the actual people in need. It's a complete smokescreen article. He knows full well this building will likely add multiple cars to the street parking problem.
To combat landlords intentionally over-leveraging their units many suburban towns simply enforce a ban on overnight parking on streets. So now if you have 30 units (each with one or two spaces) they are going to have a problem jamming more than one family into each (to maximize profits) because there won't be anyplace to park. This hits them directly in the pocket.
The landlords then attempt to pave over the green areas of the property (remember this all about maximizing profit) to get around it but many towns make that illegal.
Every year powerful landlords attempt to rescind the overnight parking laws hoping to catch residents offguard.
They truly are the ruiner of cities.
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