Comments on: BOS still hasn’t met a subdivision it didn’t like http://www.realcrozetva.com/2008/03/20/bos-still-hasnt-met-a-subdivsion-it-didnt-like/ A community blog for Crozet, Virginia Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:15:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Phillips http://www.realcrozetva.com/2008/03/20/bos-still-hasnt-met-a-subdivsion-it-didnt-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7296 Dave Phillips Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:27:58 +0000 http://www.realcrozetva.com/2008/03/20/bos-still-hasnt-met-a-subdivsion-it-didnt-like/#comment-7296 I think you ask a really good question - what is the purpose of the planning commission? If you ask developers, the purpose of the commission is to slow down growth and hassel developers. If you ask people who are anti-growth they will say the purpose is to decide which growth is good and which is bad. I'd suggest that both of those viewpoints are accurate, but the primary purpose is neither. I think the planning commission has two main purposes. One purpose is to get public feedback and make adjustments where possible to mitigate confrontation between developers and existing residents. This is the governments answer to dealing with NIMBYism. The other purpose is to provide political cover for the BOS. In the vote you mention, the vote was 5 to 1 with the one desenting vote coming from the Supervisor from the affected District. The bottom line is that developers have legal rights to develop property (not in all cases, of course) and the county can not completely stop them. I'll bet if you look back at a lot of the votes over the years, the local supervisor may be against while the others are in favor. That is the way the system is supposed to work. It just sounds bad, but in reality it works well. I think you ask a really good question – what is the purpose of the planning commission? If you ask developers, the purpose of the commission is to slow down growth and hassel developers. If you ask people who are anti-growth they will say the purpose is to decide which growth is good and which is bad. I’d suggest that both of those viewpoints are accurate, but the primary purpose is neither.

I think the planning commission has two main purposes. One purpose is to get public feedback and make adjustments where possible to mitigate confrontation between developers and existing residents. This is the governments answer to dealing with NIMBYism.

The other purpose is to provide political cover for the BOS. In the vote you mention, the vote was 5 to 1 with the one desenting vote coming from the Supervisor from the affected District. The bottom line is that developers have legal rights to develop property (not in all cases, of course) and the county can not completely stop them. I’ll bet if you look back at a lot of the votes over the years, the local supervisor may be against while the others are in favor. That is the way the system is supposed to work. It just sounds bad, but in reality it works well.

]]> By: If you don’t own it, it’s going to change | Real Central VA http://www.realcrozetva.com/2008/03/20/bos-still-hasnt-met-a-subdivsion-it-didnt-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7289 If you don’t own it, it’s going to change | Real Central VA Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:51:53 +0000 http://www.realcrozetva.com/2008/03/20/bos-still-hasnt-met-a-subdivsion-it-didnt-like/#comment-7289 [...] BOS still hasn’t met a subdivision it didn’t like (RealCrozetVA) This is why I tell my clients that everything can change [...] [...] BOS still hasn’t met a subdivision it didn’t like (RealCrozetVA) This is why I tell my clients that everything can change [...]

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