06-28-2021, 08:47 PM
(06-28-2021, 08:31 PM)ac3r Wrote: It's not their job to build infrastructure to make a livable city...that is the city/region's job. Developers do things like build homes and businesses. If I buy a small plot of land somewhere and seek to build a house on it, it's not up to me to fork out cash to build a sidewalk or curbs.
Just a small nitpick, if you buy a plot of land and build a house, I believe you are liable for development charges, so you actually are on the hook for money to build sidewalk and curbs, or at least the collective developers of a larger area are even if each development doesn’t necessarily lead immediately to the construction of any specific piece.
Quote:If - as a city/region - they start imposing these sort of restrictions, then you will have far fewer developers willing to work here which is even more detrimental to the city. This is what makes affordable housing so tricky as well.
This is a good point. It’s very easy to spend other people’s money. We have to be very judicious with what we require as part of development and not get ahead of what can be paid for with the development; indirectly, by the occupants and users of the development, not by the “deep pocket” developers.