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Complete lack of zoning can suck too. What if I build a chicken farm next to a nice neighborhood and make it unlivable due to smell?
by bufferoverflow 7y ago
Complete lack of zoning can suck too. What if I build a chicken farm next to a nice neighborhood and make it unlivable due to smell?
- Nasrudith 7y agoThey don't really need that so much as flexible zoning in a "we don't give a shit if you build an office building, an apartment block, or a blend but you need to pay to upgrade your sewer and water component to be able to go higher". Not without downsides but frankly the current situation is untenable.
- H8crilA 7y agoOf course. But also, I doubt you wouldn't want to sell your chicken farm to someone who wants to build a set of 12-story condo buildings. I bet they'll pay wonderful money for your chicken farm, and you could build a far far bigger chicken farm outside of the city. The whole point of this is to allocate resources effectively.
- vertex-four 7y agoThe alternative to zoning isn’t to let anyone do whatever they want, it’s a planning permission process. Where I am, if you own a building that has permission to be a cafe, you can convert it to a shop easily but you can’t convert it to a pub without getting further planning permission. The trick is there’s nothing in particular stopping someone obtaining planning permission to open a cafe or shop or pub or barber or gambling establishment near people’s homes, as long as there’s an argument it’s good for the community. The result of this is that I live within 10 minutes’ walk of nearly everything I need, from a supermarket to my doctor.