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I lived in the sticks. To connect to a utility, you pay the initial cost. Stuff like utility poles or pipes. The maintenance is covered by the community. Perha
by jfoutz 8y ago
I lived in the sticks. To connect to a utility, you pay the initial cost. Stuff like utility poles or pipes. The maintenance is covered by the community.
Perhaps it’s not like that everywhere. But from that background, it seems reasonable for the developer to pay for upgrades.
- rayiner 8y agoI’m not talking about utility hookups, which developers pay. I’m talking about the practice of forcing developers to pay for upgrades to shared infrastructure in order to secure approval for their projects.
- jfoutz 8y agoI understand your point. But if a pipe only carries 10 gal/min and the new building requires 20, it’s on the developers for the upgrade. And to clarify, by new installations I mean paying for half a mile or more of infrastructure. Not a hookup, but running new stuff for a good distance.