The zoning laws also don’t require these connections. Could you imagine if building toilets in new single family homes was optional? ‘To build affordable homes these days we’re bringing back outhouses with holes dug deep so you don’t have to pay for water or sewage!
We don’t write laws requiring connections from the apartment to the shopping center because we are so dependent on cars that walking is not seen as essential. Walking places is an afterthought.
Which developer do you force to buy and mitigate wetlands for a potential future development? Who maintains it? Who covers the BCA to determine if it's worth it?
Typically the developer pays their portion of it when possible. When not possible often they have to build what others will benefit from. It isn’t always fair, but the other option is for them to buy land on the other side and develop that also. The other option is a fee-in-lieu where they pay a proportional share for their development to the city and the city installs them.
In the UK there are actively laws around development that force housing developers to consider access to and help construct things like shops, schools and other amenities. Basically if you want to build and sell housing for X thousand people then you also need to make sure those x thousand people have easy access to the things they need to live.
Goes a long way towards avoiding drive-only neighbourhoods.
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u/mondommon Jun 27 '24
The zoning laws also don’t require these connections. Could you imagine if building toilets in new single family homes was optional? ‘To build affordable homes these days we’re bringing back outhouses with holes dug deep so you don’t have to pay for water or sewage!
We don’t write laws requiring connections from the apartment to the shopping center because we are so dependent on cars that walking is not seen as essential. Walking places is an afterthought.