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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think any property owner should be able to build whatever fits on his property and doesn't spew noise or pollution.

Would this mean many in-town SFHs get turned into duplexes or fourplexes?

Probably.

Get over it.

Exclusionary Zoning is anti-minority, pro-sprawl, anti-environmental, anti-business, anti-economy. It should be outlawed just like housing discrimination, pollution, and other antisocial behaviours. [/quote]
If you want to live in a libertarian state, I would suggest you move to Somalia.

The reason we have zoning is exactly because property owners built and housed people in squalid conditions to maximize their passive income (“rentier capitalism”). Your goal is to reinvent the squalid conditions of 19th and early 20th century slums. [/quote]

Just so you're aware, there's a lot of daylight between allowing people to build accessory dwelling units on their property and Somalia.[/quote]
I guess the difference is that you want to control what people can and cannot do on their property. Got it. Thanks. [/quote]

I don't know if you're being ironic or something, but that is [i]your[/i] position. [i]You[/i] want to dictate that people cannot build duplexes on their SFH property. [i]You[/i] want to dictate that people cannot build accessory dwelling units on their property. [i]You[/i] want to dictate that multifamily housing shouldn't be build in Ward 3.[/quote]
Your position is that you want to allow people to build what they want but only if it meets the criteria that you want. Our positions are the same. We just disagree on the criteria. You just want to replace your judgment with others judgment. [/quote]

No, you're still wrong. If you want to keep your SFH in Ward 3, that's fine! But I reject your desire to exercise dominion over what other people choose to do with their properties.[/quote]
But you didn’t say that. You specifically said that noise and pollution should not be allowed. Therefore, you do not want to give people the ability to exercise dominion over their property. [/quote]

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