Re:What If Urban Sprawl Is the Only Realistic Way to Create ...
by danharaj on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @03:22PM
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Developers aren't responsible for the construction of the municipal facilities and infrastructure necessary to support such a drastic increase in population density.
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Re:What If Urban Sprawl Is the Only Realistic Way to Create ...
by krschultz on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @03:39PM
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There are plenty of examples in NYC of forcing the developer to build infrastructure in order to get more building rights. In the suburbs developers are often required to build the underlying infrastructure for their subdivisions.
It's simple math. If the cost of building the development + required infrastructure is less than the price can sell it for then things will get built. It's the responsibility of the city to bundle the infrastructure requirements onto the building permit.
Re:What If Urban Sprawl Is the Only Realistic Way to Create ...
by hx87 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @03:33PM
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No, but they and their client certainly pay the property taxes and fees to make such things a possibility. More density = more property tax revenue = more facilities and infrastructure possible.