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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
To-may-to, to-mah-to. Having your local jurisdiction write a Penal Code is going to raise property values if it didn't have one before. It was for the purpose of health, welfare, and safety, and obviously wasn't specifically intended to raise property values.
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Yes, but, the basis of the SC opinion that held that having different kinds of residential zoning (as opposed to zoning residential, industrial, and commercial and letting the chips fall where they may within those zones) was based on a health, welfare and safety rationale. Which makes NO SENSE.
However, this is not my area, and that case may have gone by the wayside and there is now some other basis for that kind of zoning.
Or maybe it was about covenants. Either way. Unless there is going to be an overall minimum amount of land or square footage or whatever per person, zoning a particular area for residences that are on a certain size lot or that have a certain level of residency, while allowing smaller lots and larger numbers of people in a different area, can't be about health, welfare and safety. There are people living in both places -- if the smaller lots and larger numbers of people is unhealthy, unsafe, and not good for welfare, it is equally bad for both groups.
