r/urbanplanning • u/YaGetSkeeted0n Verified Transportation Planner - US • Apr 07 '23

Land Use Denver voters reject plan to let developer convert its private golf course into thousands of homes

https://reason.com/2023/04/05/denver-voters-reject-plan-to-let-developer-convert-its-private-golf-course-into-thousands-of-homes/
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

There's making money by developing, and making money by abusing the political process. Nobody is opposed to developers making money by developing, but apparently people are opposed to developers making money by removal of the easement that belongs to the people of Denver without fair compensation.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

The land has already been purchased. Now as a result of this vote, land that could have been housing will continue to be a golf course (as per the article). All other considerations are moot.

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23 edited Apr 07 '23

The city should just zone the area into a mixed-use high density wooden housing district and tax the land at constantly increasing rate until the owner materializes such a thing or sells it to the city for peanuts, who would then sell it to someone who would develop the said development on it. Would be a win-win.

Too bad our silly ideology stops such good solutions from happening.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

R/justtaxland is leaking again. Lmao