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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This legislation CANNOT pass! It so destructive to communities and families.
I really want to understand the rationale, but all I see is a Council trying to fix a problem by creating another, bigger problem. The worse thing of all is that the influx of new residents, should it sadly come to pass, would be met with anonimity by the original residents for what their homes and presence represent: A silencing of communities which have been disregarded, the loss of neighborhoods that were once tranquil enclaves of family homes.[/quote]
The rationale is simple: there is a housing shortage and they’re using the best policy lever available: allow people to subdivide their lots. 
This is fine and a better way than using eminent domain to bulldoze your house [/quote]

OK thanks GGW. They're not "allowing people to subdivide their lots". They are allowing developers to devalue your property and make a ton of money (which they will take outside the county since they don't live here). MoCo residents living in their own homes are screwed. This plan is completely overboard. I cannot imagine a quadplex in R-60 neighborhoods with a parking pad out front. It is going to suck hard for all of us. Once the first one comes along, the neighborhood will look like crap pretty quickly.[/quote]
If I sell my land to a developer and I make money, that trade is consensual and beneficial. Nothing wrong with that. You have (rightfully) no business interfering with that trade. Unless you’re a busybody, which appears you are[/quote]

it's just a selfish mentality. Enjoy the leafy neighborhood you've lived in, enjoy the appreciation from new buyers increasing your real estate values then sell out and ruin the neighborhood.

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Stop being a communist. Embrace the values of this great Nation. Property rights are sacred and should be upheld. [/quote]

how is that being a communist? You bought a SFH and enjoyed the benefits of it, now you want to screw over other people who are trying to do the same thing? If you actually liked density, you would be living in Dupont[/quote]
Property rights apply equally on both sides of Western Ave, not just in DuPont. Zoning is a restriction to my liberty to do what I want to do with my land[/quote]

Property rights are not unlimited because the use of your property has impacts on the community at large and nearby property owners. Unless you are 100% self sufficient, don’t use public schools, or any other local government services, create zero noise pollution, have no impact on traffic, water runoff, air pollution, this reasoning doesn’t make sense. This whole argument that “property rights” means I can do whatever the hell I want without regard for the impact on any else is incredibly juvenile. The use of your property can directly impact the property rights (use and enjoyment) of nearby properties so there needs to be balance between protecting the individual property rights and the property rights of surrounding owners.[/quote]

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