“Furthermore, it happens that the same old land use patterns driving carbon emissions also drive housing unaffordability.”
Tag: open space amendment
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Letter: The empire strikes back
“’We must have ever more destruction of the environment to save it,’” chants the Kool-Aid quaffing Sierra Club.”
Asheville open space updates approved
The updates, which have been controversial, are meant to encourage the construction of affordable housing by reducing and simplifying building regulations and incentivizing stormwater management.
Letter: When will we see investments that benefit taxpayers?
“Why are we giving developers a ‘free pass’ to build on every possible square inch of property? What will this reduction in open space do to our tree canopy?”
Letter: Speak out against open space amendment
“This proposal to deregulate developers within city limits is dressed up with idealistic-sounding justifications like providing affordable housing, improving flooding and fighting sprawl.”
Letter: Open-space protections under threat
“This is effectively a giveaway to developers under the guise of providing affordable housing.”
Letter: Council should demand revisions to open space rules
“I hope that the City Council will send this amendment back for revisions to remove the ‘giveaways,’ along with revisions to the fee-in-lieu amount to make it harder for developers to throw money as a solution to loss of a livable Asheville.”
Letter: Biological diversity, contraception and density
“He knows that urban unit density helps car mileage, walking, bus usage and above all, affordability to frugal workers with far smaller footprints than lawyers, as do condoms by reducing demand and therefore rent.”
Letter: Open-space proposal costs too much to bear
“So development will continue unabated in the county regardless of what the city does, but we have a say in how development will be regulated within the city limits.”
Amendment promotes healthy communities and the environment
“Development in places with preexisting infrastructure is a crucial strategy for combating sprawl.”
Letter: Why do we need to reduce open space in Asheville?
“Do we really believe that reducing open space in order to build more units per development will actually produce more affordable housing?”
Letter: Let City Council know concerns about green space reduction
“There is so much wrong with this reduction in green space that I am in horror that it is even being entertained here in Asheville.”
Letter: Say ‘no’ to city’s plan to gut open space requirements
“Many activists, citizens, eco-groups, the Urban Forestry Commission and the Neighborhood Advisory Committee are justly appalled by and formally opposed to PUDD’s machination.”
Pavement or paradise? Asheville’s future is yours to decide
“The name of the proposal is the ‘open space amendment,’ and the goal is to dramatically slash, and in some cases, eliminate, the open space that developers are now required to provide with larger construction projects.”