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"RALEIGH -- The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate a statute that required residential builders to allocate acres of open space or contribute to a fund to pay for it elsewhere. Under the ordinance created in 2002, builders were required to pay a fraction of the tax value per acre on a given lot or allocate land for open green space, or sometimes both. Developers will no longer have to do either. They will not have to directly contribute to the cost of open space preservation when building in a new area, lowering their upfront costs. "

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/02/1384568/wake-scraps-open-space-ordinance.html#ixzz1TsDDHox9

Yeah, fuck trees

8/2/2011 8:19:33 AM

good

8/2/2011 8:22:57 AM

Raleigh is likely concerned that if such open space is left, it will quickly be invaded by food trucks.

8/2/2011 8:46:14 AM

Damn that sucks.

also ^ lol

8/2/2011 8:49:27 AM

It's funny because all of the houses we've been looking at are ones with close proximity to greenspace. I'm not sure how this will help developers other than a marginal tax cut.

8/2/2011 8:55:46 AM

This is very disappointing.

I may have to move to the mountains.

8/2/2011 10:52:45 AM

I wonder if the rules also were the ones affecting the process of clear cutting.

8/2/2011 7:17:59 PM

Theyre going to make brick spaces, because trees suck.

8/2/2011 7:25:10 PM

So everywhere gets to look like Cary now. Convoluted, close-ended neighborhoods coupled with copious amounts needless strip malls. Thanks Yankees!

8/2/2011 7:41:55 PM

Is it any surprise to anyone the county that holds the state capital wants to turn the whole county into a mirror image of the capital city, a concrete jungle with buildings and hamster housing?

8/2/2011 7:53:42 PM

which is why I will never ever live in a city. I prefer open green spaces. The air is a little fresher in Rougemont NC.

8/2/2011 8:28:08 PM

I was really hoping this was about the scrap yards starting to take space-ordinance

8/2/2011 8:49:42 PM

Dislike. Fuck this shit. The developers already don't pay nearly enough to help build the infrastructure that their homes create a need for. Now there will be an even heavier burden shouldered by tax payers. All so some rich white men can get richer. Good 'ol America.

8/3/2011 1:54:05 AM

YEAH
And fuck the farmers who dont pay for the mouths their food creates a demand for

8/3/2011 7:59:50 AM

8/3/2011 8:08:57 AM

I have mixed feelings on that. Eliminating that cost should help the local economy. But preserving open spaces is important. Every time I see a new strip mall going up in Cary it makes me sad to think of the 100 acres of woods that was just destroyed.

8/3/2011 8:12:28 AM

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"The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate a statute that required residential builders to allocate acres of open space or contribute to a fund to pay for it elsewhere."

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"copious amounts needless strip malls."

Wrong

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"turn the whole county "

Wrong

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"he developers already don't pay nearly enough to help build the infrastructure that their homes create a need for."

wat?

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"Every time I see a new strip mall going up in Cary"

Wrong

8/3/2011 8:33:17 AM

so this just eliminates the impervious surface limits for residential construction?

8/3/2011 8:37:04 AM

^^clearly my comment about open spaces disappearing went right over your head.

8/3/2011 8:48:22 AM

^^That's what I'm hearing.
^I'm sorry I grouped you with the nincompoops.

So for a typical city block apartment, you're looking at this kind of change if the developer wanted to go all out:
Before



After:


Most good developers will not see the appeal from eliminating all green areas.

[Edited on August 3, 2011 at 8:52 AM. Reason : -]

8/3/2011 8:50:33 AM

^agreed. But what if they're building a very large development, like Renaissance Park off Tryon and South Saunders.

8/3/2011 9:07:13 AM

Or just look at a neighborhood like Harrington Grove when it was first built

8/3/2011 9:34:08 AM

They're still going to have some pervious area for stormwater requirements - just not as much. If people value green space, they're going to live in a place that has it.

8/3/2011 10:09:38 AM