Death Trap Tower
STOP Extreme Building Heights in Fairfax!
OVER POPULATION: This monstrosity will be a 243 unit building that will ADD approximately 563 more residents and 475 more cars on SFD.
SAFETY: It will not be safe will when a fire rages through Fairfax and 8,000 residents try to escape on Sir Francis Drake. It will be a Death Trap for us all. There is only one road in and one road out for an emergency evacuation.
WATER: During drought years, this extra tall high rise will impact our water supply. The lack of water has not been seriously addressed by our Town Council. The Fairfax/Ross Valley Fire Department will need to purchase at least one new 105 foot ladder firetruck for $2.1 million.
PARKING: These tenants will be parking on our already overcrowded residential streets. There are only 243 parking spaces required for 563 tenants. The developers noted 320 spaces for OFF STREET PARKING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: There will be 202 “luxury” market rate apartments and only 41 “low/affordable income” apartments.
SMALL TOWN: Citizens chose to move to this small town after researching our zoning laws to determine Fairfax’s General Plan zoning was safe and a match to the small town they invested money into. People chose to live in Fairfax for its charming, laid back, small town character. This new zoning will urbanize our small town and forever change the face of Fairfax, and all of this without the vote of our citizens.
CITIZEN RIGHTS: Many Fairfax homeowners spent their life savings to own a home in our town. Their decision was made after researching height restriction limits and urban sprawl limits. These new over build height allowances will not only impede views, challenge water resources and create fire escape emergencies…but they also risk the financial future of hundreds of thousands of local residents who were misled financially with their home purchases. The Town Council has acquiesced to the State without a fight. This is a state takeover combined with spineless town council leadership.
