hmm good start, thanks, hope for more, because:
In den Gemeinderäten ...
since I now also belong to them ;) and actually exactly THAT topic (development plans) ultimately brought me to really get involved politically, I thought I'd ask at the source. Of course, I have plenty of my own ideas, but as it is, you have to make everything acceptable in general, and you first have to get your ideas through the council ;)
Ultimately, there is a big problem, no matter what regulations I make: I have to enforce them. So far this does NOT happen here at all. That also has to change. And, hopefully, we all (almost) agree: personal wishes MUST give way in favor of sustainability.
Land consumption must be limited, water must be collected/infiltrated, planning must be for nature first, then humans, and lastly the car. Unfortunately, there also have to be planting regulations, because otherwise, we end up with rock gardens and lawn deserts, as can be seen.
It is very difficult to find a balance between personal freedom and regulations because someone always abuses freedom to the detriment of others.
2 full floors
roof shape doesn't matter
no overly restrictive maximum height (at least allow 8.5 m)
allow carports close to the street
no excessive design and planting requirements
2 parking spaces per residential unit
The maximum height is, for example, difficult, because if one builds a 1.5-pitch gable roof with solar panels on it, and the neighbor builds 2 or 3 full floors in the right direction, then the solar panels may be useless.
The roof shape – well, that is simple, since solar panels are required anyway, and with photovoltaics in addition, some roof shapes are no longer an option.
Not just one color for roofs. Also, ridge direction not necessarily fixed so that not everything looks the same.
Exactly – instead of restricting the color, those high-gloss tiles must be banned. There are some nasty new ones that are matte on cloudy days but glaring terribly as soon as the sun shines.
I find fixing ridge direction impossible. We are currently working on getting rid of this nonsense so the houses can be ideally oriented south.
Ban gravel gardens.
Right, there is no getting around that.
We are bothered by:
- building windows exactly specified (often not understandable why)
- only vertical wooden fences allowed
- exclusively!! native plants -> of course nobody sticks to that
I’m not familiar with all the details ;) regarding the building windows, I can only imagine that houses are meant to be aligned so that person A in their living room doesn’t look directly into person B while sunbathing, or shade their terrace.
I can’t say anything about your other bans, that’s quite specific...
The combination of vertical wooden fences and native plants is probably meant to prevent wire mesh fences with plastic inside. And native plants are well meant but nowadays also have to be adapted to drought resistance. You just have to mix well, but currently many smaller offices don’t even have the skilled personnel to specify this sensibly.
Also, I’d rather look at a pink house once in a while than 100 white cube houses with anthracite-colored windows and roofs. That’s just bleak :-(
I agree, but many other people obviously don’t. I just got the proposal here for the newest building area and it horrifies me.
Don’t really forbid anything, just pay attention to the effects and limit the impact on neighbors (noise, smell, shading).
THAT would be a dream – I just fear it would be too open. You wouldn’t believe the crazy ideas some people come up with ;)
Glad to receive more ideas!