Laserfiche WebLink
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />ISSUES POSTED WITH DISCUSSION NOTES <br />October 3, 2007 <br />ISSUE: Zoning laws intended to protect homeowner's investment by separating intensity <br />of use. How do we do it? Terry Hendriksen <br />• Zoning laws exist to protect the investment people have in their home -why don't they <br />protect us? <br />• Should be fair, consistent and reliable <br />• Currently little regard for existing adjoining uses when change is proposed <br />• Compatible with existing neighborhoods <br />• Rely on the plan <br />• Deviation should be hard -path to deviation is too easy. Should not be first option, but <br />things change <br />• Most appropriate use <br />• Consistent with environment <br />• Preserve uniqueness of Ramsey -space/wetlands <br />• Making more money not justification <br />ISSUE: Crime/Safety and Housing Density. Mark S. <br />• Myth -increased density equals increased crime <br />• Increased population equals opportunity for increased crime <br />• Factors: Socio-Economic <br />1. Poverty <br />2. Education <br />3. Single Families <br />4. Townhomes <br />5. Rental <br />• Reduce Crime <br />1. Home ownership reasonable mix; split 90/10?, 80?20? <br />2. Code enforcement <br />3. Police presence <br />4. Increase housing and increase police force <br />5. Broken window theory <br />6. Design for safety <br />7. Encourage neighborhood watch <br />8. If lower incomes increases crime why do we want to allow the building of lower income <br />structures? <br />9. Different architectural designs/standards (not cookie cutters) <br />10. Active homeowners associations <br />11. Financial involvement from residents <br />12. Affordable/workforce home ownership with "subsidized" mix <br />ISSUE: Ideal Neighborhoods =Neighbors not too close. Erika Sitz <br />• Ideal neighborhoods are helped by neighbors not being too close <br />10 <br />