“Furthermore, it happens that the same old land use patterns driving carbon emissions also drive housing unaffordability.”
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“Furthermore, it happens that the same old land use patterns driving carbon emissions also drive housing unaffordability.”
“’We must have ever more destruction of the environment to save it,’” chants the Kool-Aid quaffing Sierra Club.”
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.
“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?”
“This proposal to deregulate developers within city limits is dressed up with idealistic-sounding justifications like providing affordable housing, improving flooding and fighting sprawl.”
“This is effectively a giveaway to developers under the guise of providing affordable housing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Development in places with preexisting infrastructure is a crucial strategy for combating sprawl.”
“Do we really believe that reducing open space in order to build more units per development will actually produce more affordable housing?”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”