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No substandard residential parcels - peteadams - 12-19-2006
Goal: Maintain high residential infrastructure standards for subdivisions and building permits
Objective: No new substandard parcels less than five acres
Objective: Reduce physical, social and environmental impacts of inadequate residential infrastructure
Recommendation: All new subdivisions and residential building permits for parcels below five acres must meet all county standards for building with no variances for wastewater, drainage, road, water and other requirements
Recommendation: Begin a nonpunitive assessment of nonpermitted dwellings for property taxes.
Recommendation: Increase county staffing to increase code inspection and enforcement activity
Discussion: The County should alleviate the impact of speculative and haphazard building by insuring smaller parcels are up to county infrastructure requirements. Create consistent expectations for developers by consistently enforcing standards. It must be noted that the continued tolerance of large numbers of unpermitted buildings, of whatever quality, creates disrespect for the construction principles underlying the building code and the County itself as the enforcers of the code. Just as some people feel that they are not getting a fair return on their tax dollar, having some citizens escape valuation of their homes entirely seems even less fair. There are any number of reasonably well built unpermitted dwellings that contribute nothing (via property taxes) to support the roads, parks, police and fire, civil defense, etc. that they depend on. Nonetheless, for the purposes of taxation, assessment should be disassociated from punitive actions such as red-tagging a dwelling.
RE: No substandard residential parcels - peteadams - 12-19-2006
I was recently told by a person subdividing his property that the county does not allow a water variance, even for five acre parcels, in areas with less than 90" of rain per year.