If they do, and the city council does, and the neighbors ALL do, then you have a good shot.

Brain,Proof can simply be a letter from your accountant, Council, or, if you are incorporated, your BoD ... though the third-party attestations carry more weight.

Town council passed a rent control bill at the end of last year but the mayor vetoed it which made things interesting.

To be frank areas that are block by block and sections vary greatly are tough to figure out, and you should probably seek the council of a very local agent who specializes in this area.

The proposal did pass the City Council in SA, but it's for absentee owners that have 2 or more code violations in the past year.

Moldings are custom made as are doors and windows, just finding the wood was an issue, tiger oak isn't at a box store.Beware too, that politics will be involved in historic rehab projects, inspectors, historic committees, city council, having tax credit programs approved and the community can all influence what must be done.My SO's sister and her husband are the largest historic non-profit in Cali doing historic preservation work.

My area (sw austin) will finally have someone to represent us in city council.

Obviously I need to be informed on the value of the land, and get an Idea of how much its worth to the other party, maybe I need to seek council, a developer, a real estate attorney, a commercial broker with experience in such matters?

Like I said, this won't change my mind or my goals & he will see through our actions, that this is not willy nilly and I have strategized, planned and have seek council to make this successful!

Our intentions are essentially to build 60-70 units with the ground floor area that faces the street to be utilized for retail shops.Has anyone had to deal with family in such a way that might be able to recommend a method to convince the certain family member that spending 3-5 years battling for council approval will be more profitable than 3-5 years of fighting a dying business?