Unnecessary Limits on Housing Development

[Devin James]

In one of our development projects, the City staff asked us to remove 40 units from our concept plan.

This wasn’t requested by the City Commission at a formal hearing, it was the opinion of the staff.

Our original concept already proposed fewer units than the current zoning would have allowed.

Here’s what erasing 40 units means:
- 40 fewer homes for buyers
- Over $1M in lost profit for our team
- Fewer tax dollars and impact fees that could’ve benefited the City’s infrastructure & services

We gotta get better

Everyone wants more affordable housing, but not everyone wants to do what it takes to achieve it