Sunday, November 07, 2004
Lines drawn on land use put victory within reach
Oregon's land use planners and government agencies are in a panic.
They have been treating citizens like Dorothy English as if they had no right to the property they bought under the rules of the county, city and state. Planners rezoned properties without permission of the owners and expected them to go along for the ride. Even if it made it impossible to build a home or use the property the way it was zoned when they bought it.
Planners were not concerned when they took value or rights from property owners in the past. That has all changed thanks to voters passing Measure 37.
They have been treating citizens like Dorothy English as if they had no right to the property they bought under the rules of the county, city and state. Planners rezoned properties without permission of the owners and expected them to go along for the ride. Even if it made it impossible to build a home or use the property the way it was zoned when they bought it.
Planners were not concerned when they took value or rights from property owners in the past. That has all changed thanks to voters passing Measure 37.
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Let's make sure Oregon governments make property owners pay for the externalities that having their lop-sided way on land use cause. Tit for tat.
It was the Oregon governments that already forced the property owners to pay for the externalities sence the 1970's.
Until now no one in Oregon governments seen to care that they put all the burden on property owners.
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Until now no one in Oregon governments seen to care that they put all the burden on property owners.
