Planning Commission Public Hearing on SUP for Ritz-Carlton Resort - Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 7:00 PM
Chairman Strom, members of the Planning Commission, fellow residents:
It is our one-home-per-acre zoning and restrictions on development that resulted in the increased value in Town property.
It is the Commission's responsibility to protect the zoning that has gotten us where we are today and why many of us moved here.
Property values have escalated and continue to soar even in down markets as a result of restrictions placed on development. People want to move here and developers want to develop here because of our high standards.
It is the responsibility of the Planning Commission and our Town Council to uphold and maintain these standards. It is not the Town's responsibility to ensure that developers maximize profit.
It is argued that a resort cannot be funded without revenue generated from high density housing. This is a developer's argument. There is no necessity for the Town to give in to a developer's desire to maximize his profit. If they want to build a resort, that's fine. We favor resorts. But there is no need to lower our standard of one-home-per-acre in order to accommodate developers. High-density is high-density. Combining it with a resort does not change that.
Increased housing density means increased demand for Town services, increasing Town costs and decreasing our quality of life. Greater density of housing units means more traffic, more pollution, more problems.
It has been argued that if we don't encourage resort development by giving up our unique standard of one home per acre, resorts will not be built and property taxes will become a necessity.
Based upon the fact that the Town currently receives and has more money than it is permitted to spend, that statement can be challenged.
If property tax ever becomes necessary, many of us are willing to pay a fair amount to maintain our lifestyle and living conditions.
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This is right on. Our town coundil is not only stupid but they are destructive to our way of life. First Montelucia. A nightmare for Paradise Valley. And now, the "Ritz-Carlton" project. No one knows why they have sold out the citizenry. But they have. Let's stop this nonsense and get back to one home per acre. I lay the problem squarely with the town council. Developers are all in it for the money. They just don't get it....or, maybe they do.
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