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Federalized zoning rules. Congress has the authority. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JPNCPIHOUAINMEI https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JPNCPIHOUAINMEI

parineum 4y ago
One size fits all zoning regulations for rural Montana, Manhattan and the suburbs of Los Angeles.
- carom 4y ago
  Yes. It is your property, build it out as dense as you wish. There is not the demand in rural Montana to build out a 160 acre ranch with apartments. Just remove density restrictions and let people build to meet demand.
  - parineum 4y ago
    You're proposing removing zoning, parent is proposing federalized zoning.
    - arcticbull 4y ago
      Basically the same thing in this case. You can't have no zoning, but having a baseline bare minimum set at the federal level without carveouts for specific neighborhoods or districts is mostly just about superseding the authority of councils to mess around. We need to use a state or federal authority to take the power of municipalities in the same way the builders remedy works.
- thequadehunter 4y ago
  What is substantively different about any of these places that require different zoning laws? Do you think someone is just going to build a mega skyscraper in rural Montana because they can?
  - parineum 4y ago
    I don't presume to know the needs of Montanans. My state is diverse enough that statewide zoning laws are obviously specifically crafted with a certain subset of the state in mind and are unworkable for different communities. For instance, there are laws that prevent certain stores (alcohol sales, for example) from being within X miles of a school. There are cities where the central location where the central location of the town where all commerce happens and where the school is is less than a square mile. Unless you're proposing legislating the removal or limiting of zoning on the federal level, it seems like an incredibly bad idea.

parineum 4y ago

One size fits all zoning regulations for rural Montana, Manhattan and the suburbs of Los Angeles.

carom 4y ago
Yes. It is your property, build it out as dense as you wish. There is not the demand in rural Montana to build out a 160 acre ranch with apartments. Just remove density restrictions and let people build to meet demand.
- parineum 4y ago
  You're proposing removing zoning, parent is proposing federalized zoning.
  - arcticbull 4y ago
    Basically the same thing in this case. You can't have no zoning, but having a baseline bare minimum set at the federal level without carveouts for specific neighborhoods or districts is mostly just about superseding the authority of councils to mess around. We need to use a state or federal authority to take the power of municipalities in the same way the builders remedy works.
thequadehunter 4y ago
What is substantively different about any of these places that require different zoning laws? Do you think someone is just going to build a mega skyscraper in rural Montana because they can?
- parineum 4y ago
  I don't presume to know the needs of Montanans. My state is diverse enough that statewide zoning laws are obviously specifically crafted with a certain subset of the state in mind and are unworkable for different communities. For instance, there are laws that prevent certain stores (alcohol sales, for example) from being within X miles of a school. There are cities where the central location where the central location of the town where all commerce happens and where the school is is less than a square mile. Unless you're proposing legislating the removal or limiting of zoning on the federal level, it seems like an incredibly bad idea.