[bombcar]

It does but the dirty secret is that given enough money or interest zoning is a relatively weak opponent - there jus tidbit that much desire for mixed use buildings in most areas.

(The low-key method for normal people is to get “variances” - which are not as impossible to obtain as you may think if you work slowly and quietly on them.)

[sokoloff]

I’ve attended a few variance hearings (always in support of my neighbors who wanted to get a variance for their property). Variances are granted here for the flimsiest of reasons, to regular people who don’t have a clue how to ask for what they want and what they saw two other people get variances for in the same hearing.