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If a proposed high rise is near a BRT line or rail, a reasonable zoning code shouldn't mangle it or block its construction.

• rosser 9y ago
  ...and we're already pretty far down the rabbit hole of how zoning gets so complex. There are always exceptions. There are always circumstances. There are always NIMBYs. AFAICT, you cannot regulate how land is used — which isn't necessarily a bad thing — without bumping into those things, which seems invariably to compromise, or at least complicate, the effort. I would still very much prefer zoning over someone who can afford to do so deciding, simply on that basis, that he's going to build, say, a tannery up-wind of my home. Imposing your externalities upon others is, IMO, a bright-line breach of the NAP. (Since it's so often Libertarian-leaning folk who are all, "But zoning!") EDIT: phrasing
  • rayiner 9y ago
    Getting rid of zoning doesn't mean getting rid of nuisance law. If someone builds a tannery upwind from your propeety, you can sue him formcausing a nuisance. And he can either pay you, stop, or buy you out depending on what is economically efficient. The peoblem with zoning is that it allows you to stop lots of things that would not qualify as a nuisance. And it prevents lots of things that would be an economic win (buildimg a high rise in a previous low rise neighborhood if property owners were willing to sell out).