Did you know that the Department of Community Development estimates that Lee County by 2025 will need 68,500 new affordable housing units. How does the County respond?
Here is an interesting idea for affordable housing and it does not require any fees. Very simply Granny Flats. Here is an interesting article about the Pros and Cons of Inclusionary Zoning from the winter issue 2007 of "On Common Ground" which speaks to the very issue the BOCC is discussing tomorrow.
My proposal is as follows...
1. No Fees
2. Give staff 2 months to come up with an overlay plan of where the county wants to encourage affordable housing. And what the maximum density that will be allowed in each area. The BOCC votes to approve the criteria.
3. (Here is the real incentive), if the developer meets the written criteria and correct location, they do not have to rezone the property. They go right to the Development Order process. Upon staff approval or denial of the D.O., it goes immediately to the BOCC for approval. (Since the BOCC does not approve the rezoning, the D.O. approval goes to the board for final approval.) A permit is issued directly after approval.
4. The process should be designed so that from application submittal to BOCC voting, it should take no more than (3) three months. (Remember time is money.) Instead of taking the years and a large number of consultants and time to rezone a piece of property as the current system forces everyone into and the false politicizing that staff uses for "red herring" road blocks.
I have always found that if you let the developers do what they do best (plan and build) and keep government staff at bay we will achieve the counties goal. 68,500 units of affordable housing!
Here is an interesting idea for affordable housing and it does not require any fees. Very simply Granny Flats. Here is an interesting article about the Pros and Cons of Inclusionary Zoning from the winter issue 2007 of "On Common Ground" which speaks to the very issue the BOCC is discussing tomorrow.
My proposal is as follows...
1. No Fees
2. Give staff 2 months to come up with an overlay plan of where the county wants to encourage affordable housing. And what the maximum density that will be allowed in each area. The BOCC votes to approve the criteria.
3. (Here is the real incentive), if the developer meets the written criteria and correct location, they do not have to rezone the property. They go right to the Development Order process. Upon staff approval or denial of the D.O., it goes immediately to the BOCC for approval. (Since the BOCC does not approve the rezoning, the D.O. approval goes to the board for final approval.) A permit is issued directly after approval.
4. The process should be designed so that from application submittal to BOCC voting, it should take no more than (3) three months. (Remember time is money.) Instead of taking the years and a large number of consultants and time to rezone a piece of property as the current system forces everyone into and the false politicizing that staff uses for "red herring" road blocks.
I have always found that if you let the developers do what they do best (plan and build) and keep government staff at bay we will achieve the counties goal. 68,500 units of affordable housing!
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