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YEAH, that's what I was talking about! That's par for the course. Once one member starts talking about postponing, other heads can slowly start nodding and things can go downhill fast from there.
Enjoy the win!
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YEAH, that's what I was talking about! That's par for the course. Once one member starts talking about postponing, other heads can slowly start nodding and things can go downhill fast from there.
Enjoy the win!
swiftboot
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The commision that reviews the rezoning reccomendations does not rubber stamp their decisions, especially if one of the opposing members of the zoning board happens to be influential talks to them. In Florida, we have govt in the sunshine so that would not be permissable. Since your first meeting resulted in a split decision, they may overturn their decision. Keep us posted on how you make out. good luck
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Well its been over two months from the time i found out what happened to my property and i am glad to report that after 2 zoning meetings and 5 council meetings I now have my property zoned back to its original zoning. There was no opposition from any neighbor or any council member. I did spend some time with a couple of the council members before a couple of the meetings pleading my case, and i believe that i made my case to them and they in turn got the other members on board. Anyway just wanted to let ya'll know the out come, and to say that for once the little guy won.
I also want to tell ya'll that this has opened my eyes to what goes on in a small community. I urge all of you to take some interest in whats going on with your local government as i found it scary listening to some of the things that were being passed or that were trying to be passed. One thing that got my attention is that if you own any amount of land and want to leave it to your kids when you die you better not have more that 4 kids.
lets say you own 20 acres and you want to leave each of your 5 kids 1 acre or 2 or what ever. well new law state that any plot of land can only be divided into 5 lots (one for your wife, and 4 more for your kids) and the 5th kid will be left out. the only way around this is to have the property "developed" into a subdivision with it's own sewer system, paved roads, drainage ditches, drainage impact study, . . . . and a whole lot lot more. and all of this must be done by a contractor.
There was also an ordinance that was brought up that would not allow some parts of our parish to be subdivided in smaller that 2 acre lots. This is not in a subdivision but an entire town.
anyway thanks for all the support.
I also want to tell ya'll that this has opened my eyes to what goes on in a small community. I urge all of you to take some interest in whats going on with your local government as i found it scary listening to some of the things that were being passed or that were trying to be passed. One thing that got my attention is that if you own any amount of land and want to leave it to your kids when you die you better not have more that 4 kids.
lets say you own 20 acres and you want to leave each of your 5 kids 1 acre or 2 or what ever. well new law state that any plot of land can only be divided into 5 lots (one for your wife, and 4 more for your kids) and the 5th kid will be left out. the only way around this is to have the property "developed" into a subdivision with it's own sewer system, paved roads, drainage ditches, drainage impact study, . . . . and a whole lot lot more. and all of this must be done by a contractor.
There was also an ordinance that was brought up that would not allow some parts of our parish to be subdivided in smaller that 2 acre lots. This is not in a subdivision but an entire town.
anyway thanks for all the support.
300UGUY
Super Member
There are rules for lot size here also. In rural areas, a 2 acre lot may be marginal for septic and well placement. And we have had some disasters here with lax rules - developers subdivided land well off the paved roads. The local dirt roads got beaten to bits with the increased traffic. And then taxpayers who have nothing to do with the development get to pay more taxes, paying for the roads the developers should have paid for.
dave1949
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Towns sometimes try maintain their existing characteristics. One of the ways they do it is to mandate minimum lot sizes. They can make pretty convincing arguments that rapid residential growth is a money loser for the existing taxpayers. Even without cleaning up behind cut-rate developers. Some towns also put yearly caps on new building permits issued. Doesn't matter how long you may have owned the property, if you want a permit, you may have to wait.
The previous town we lived in had 2 acre min. lots west of I-95 where there were no water/sewer lines. East of I-95 to the beach, lots could be much smaller, they also had city water and sewer in most of those areas. That was part of the town's growth and use planning strategy. Woodsy, fairly natural land on one side, and high density and tourism on the other. Looking for some balance like that will always leave somebody unhappy. Intelligent planning is the thing to do in the long run, but the devil is in the details.
The density of well and septics is important to consider for health reasons. Contaminated wells are not unheard of in older housing areas where each house has a well and septic on small lots. The code minimum distance here from well casing to any part of a septic system is 100'. An acre lot is roughly 200' x 200' if it is square.
Dave.
