So many of our condominiums were built in the days that it was basically unheard of for a family to own more than one automobile. Many homes didn’t even own one automobile. As a result, the laws were a lot different than they are today and allowed a building to be built with far less parking spots than today’s laws require. In the 1960s, a 100 unit condominium building consisting of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units could be built with as little as perhaps 105 parking spaces. That same building today may require 165 parking spaces. That’s an increase of 60 more parking spaces for the same exact building!   Read the article…………………………….

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