You can have opinions but I have direct experience. I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume given the choice you wouldn’t want to mansplain at me. That’s why I put that out there. A well -written Zoning Code with an option for the Developer to request flexibility is optimal.

However if the Developer has a better idea they can request public process to vary the rules. The Planning Commission weighs the application and public testimony against specific review criteria and make a ruling. That way if a good use doesn’t quite fit a Zoning Code, it can be adjusted.

The formula is - write a good tight Code that will ensure development will be appropriate for the Community in every way possible. If the developer complies, then no public process. Win/win. Good housing will be constructed with minimal delay and NIMBY’s can’t stop it.

That’s because flexibility needs to be requested by the applicant, not imposed by the public. I am a land use planning consultant who has served on the Planning Commission so I have sat on both sides of the table. Do you have professional experience or are you speculating as a layperson?

Yes, because the best approach to planning is to have a clear concise objective Code that applies to the entire City that also allows for *some* flexibility within clear, concise but subjective criteria. Don’t nail the rules down so tight that they can’t be wiggled when it would serve the community.

I mean imagine freaking out because KIDS voted someone homecoming queen and you didn’t like their choice. What kind of sad loser would you have to be?