Alan wrote:

> Actually, the impact fees, if paid, are only a token amount of the
> total expense. We still don't have impact fees here in most cities
> and towns in NC. If you're a developer here you can expect the county
> and state to pay for half your road costs and Duke Energy to run
> power to your sites...even if it means across the neighboring
> farmer's land....unless he hires a lawyer or stands out in the field
> with a shot gun.

Having lived in NC, I know your statements are BS. Self evident in the
hyperbole is your statement indicating infringement on private land, unless
there is a covenated right-of-way.

> As in the case of Portland, many of the cities you cite have
> limitations controlling sprawl.

No, they don't. They have very specific planning regulations that govern the
permitting process, but they DO NOT limit housing development.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_growth_boundary . If Portland's
> taxes property taxes have fallen then you have just helped to prove
> my argument that sprawl increases taxes.

Yeah, that sentence makes all sorts of sense.

Wikipedia, that's what we should all rely on as a factual basis to support
your claims. Let's see now, who has actually developed property in each of
the examples I've provided? How's about going through the building
permitting processes in each jurisdiction? Oh, you haven't? Well, that makes
one of us that knows what he's talking about.

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Dave
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