ALLIANCE
FOR CITIZENS RIGHTS
ALLIANCE
FOR CITIZENS RIGHTS
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING:
A pictorial flyer illustrating what is happening under comprehensive planning.
The quotes are from Shelby County's proposed Comprehensive Plan. The photos from Portland, Oregon some years after implementation of their Plan.
"Through sound and consistent planning activity, we can create the community we want rather than accept the community the current market builds." Shelby County proposed Comprehensive Plan page 126
Programs transforming your community
"Smart Growth/Sustainable Communities"
"Redevelopment" and "Transfer of Development Rights"
IN PORTLAND, FIVE SLIM-LINE HOUSES NOW OCCUPY THE SPACE ONCE OCCUPIED BY THE WHITE HOUSE ABOVE
AS THE UGB (URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY) HAS RESTRICTED THE OUTSIDE LIMITS OF THE CITY'S GROWTH, PORTLAND HAS LEARNED THAT YOU CAN FIT ANOTHER HOUSE INTO ALMOST ANY SPACE ("INFILL")."Infill development is the establishment of a new land use on a site that may be undeveloped, underutilized or otherwise marginally acceptable for development but is located within an established, stable development where public facilities such as roads, water sewer and general services are available." Page 57 of the Shelby County, Alabama proposed comprehensive plan.
"The county’s communities will grow through concentration and redevelopment in the core centers and focus areas, consistent with the countywide transportation network, with as many activities as possible located within walking distance of one or more of Shelby County’s hierarchy of centers." Page 51, Part Two of the Shelby County proposed Comprehensive Plan.
TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Managing growth of the county/local government decides which sections of the county it will deny the right to develop - "sending zone." This includes a private land owner’s right to construct any structure on his property. Under the same program the county encourages the construction of houses on ALL available land in the "receiving zone." In Shelby county the "core and transition" areas will likely be the "receiving zone." If a property owner or developer purchases a TDR certificate from the private property owner in the designated no build zone (sending) he is granted by government the right to build houses on property that was previously deemed to be too small to build a house on (example 50X100 ft lot or smaller). The first set of pictures from Portland show a house that, due to government created land shortage, was sold for an inflated value of $171,000.00. The house was demolished and in its place 5 houses were built. A prime example of what is meant by "redevelopment." "Transfer of Development Rights" is described on page 127 of Part Three -- Implementation of the Shelby County proposed Comprehensive Plan The government created land shortage in Portland is to the point that 15 foot wide houses have been constructed. (The picture above shows 4 of the 5 houses for this redevelopment project.)
Will Shelby County adopt a Comprehensive Plan that calls for the same policy that created the situation in Portland?
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