Ruth Platner: Don’t Wait For A Developer’s Application To Try To Save A Special Piece Of Land
I’ve been elected to the Planning Commission since 1998, and I watched the Commission for ten years before that. In all that time, not a single person who was a neighbor of a large residential subdivision spoke in favor of the proposed development, and most asked that it not be approved. If residents were getting what they wanted, land would not be developed, but approvals of residential development have far more to do with state law and property rights than residents’ desires. My story can illustrate what can be done, however to preserve the land next door that you might love.