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<br /> FOR DETAILS- It Growth Is So Good, Why Are My centrated around rall lines, the land it utilizes is
<br /> Copies of the Taxes Going Up? Now Vl!noi,_r S.I
<br /> idy cheap.but requires expensive Infrastructure ex-
<br /> report, lrr::acts of Unks Commercial Development to tensions to low-density areas. The results
<br /> Development on Higher Taxes strongly suggest that an efficient pattern of
<br /> development can make the difference between
<br /> DuPage County How many times have we heard county and city stable local taxes and an ever-increasing burden
<br /> Properry Taxes, are councils defend sewer, water, and road exten. on city budgets and taxpayers.
<br /> available for $10 sions to remote development with the explana-
<br /> from the DuPage tion,,we've 0 to grow-,growth will expand our (Reprinted courtesy of The Coastal Guardian,
<br /> County Regional tax base."Yet how many times have those same newsletter of the South Carolina Coastal Con.
<br /> Planning Commis- CDuncls lowered taxes as a result of the finan- servation League.)
<br /> sion, 421 N Coun- clal fruits of growth?
<br /> ty Farm Rd., A recent study of 20 years of development in
<br /> Wheaton. IL 60187. fast-growing suburban DuPage County, Ill., ex- Oregon Affordable Housing Study
<br /> plores this apparent contradiction.The study es- Shows Importance of Land Use
<br /> tablishes a direct correlation between new Planning
<br /> development, both residential and non-residen' A joint study by the Homebuilders Association
<br /> tW, and Increases in local property taxes. of Metropolitan Portland and 1000 Friends of
<br /> Previous research confirmed the drain on local Oregon shows that Oregon's land use planning
<br /> budgets when residential development moves laws have created higher density housing in the
<br /> Into rural areas. The Illinois study is surprising metro Portland region, helping to keep housing
<br /> because it draws the conclusion that commer- costs affordable compared to other West Coast
<br /> clal developments In urban areas, particularly urban areas(see Dec.19W Developments).
<br /> Commerc,a= strip shopping centers and malls,also cost local Copies of the final report executive summary
<br /> developments in governments more than they generate In tax are now available for $3 ($10 for the technical
<br /> urban areas. par- revenues,resulting in tax increases. report) by contacting 1000 Friends of Oregon,
<br /> ticular4's";-') s"`70,o- The study cites two major reasons for the in- 534 SW 3rd Ave., #300, Portland, OR 97204.
<br /> ping cenre•s and crease In local taxes. The first is the cost of In-
<br /> malls, also cost trastructure (roads, sewer, water) and services
<br /> local govemments (police, schools, parks) required to support the [In the Courts
<br /> more tear tney new development.The second is the willingness
<br /> generate in tax (continued from previous page)
<br /> revenues, result- of cities to offer tax breaks and discounted ser-
<br /> ing in tax in- vices to compete for large development. themselves and pulling up the drawbridge."
<br /> creases Further, because new development is often The Idea of 'lair share" housing has already
<br /> Pnoto t, Br.:e ro,stet scattered at the edge of cities, rather than con- been integrated into planning laws in California,
<br /> Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsyl-
<br /> vania and New Jersey.
<br /> Florida Court Upholds State
<br /> Policies Against Sprawl
<br /> A Florida district court has upheld the state
<br /> Department of Community Affairs' (OCA) ability
<br /> to curb sprawl as part of Florida's statewide
<br /> growth management initiative. Homebuilders
<br /> OODGE and some county officials had challenged DCA's
<br /> Ilk K K application of "anti-sprawl" policies, such as
<br /> urban service areas and large minimum lot sizes
<br /> 17 In rural areas, In reviewing local comprehensive
<br /> plans.The plaintiffs argued that DCA was using
<br /> the policies as"de-facto"administrative rules,an
<br /> invalid exercise of DCA's authority.The court dis-
<br /> agreed, however, noting that DCA's policies as
<br /> PIA t applied do not constitute rules, and are applied
<br /> flexibly as best suited to each plan.
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