> > why do these laws exist? to keeps our communities from becoming the > > ugly byproducts of short-term gain from developers. the local elected > > officials regulate the local housing development market - weird, huh? > > I highly doubt this is anywhere close to the real reason why they exist.
On the contrary, that is precisely why they *do* exist. It's not to keep the developers and builders from getting rich, but to allow a city to master plan where they want certain densities of housing. Your city has a general plan which, among other things, explicitly states the intent of residential zones in regard to density. Cities with good planning can have neighborhoods of varying densities that work together to make a nice environment. Without these laws and plans, cities would have too much high density housing (why wouldn't a developer go for that?) which in the end lowers the value of the entire city. Scott /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
