Letter to the Editor: Environmental damage to Coral Lakes site will have a cost

Posted

Excellent letter from Judith Bresler on interpreting county code June 23 (“Interpreting county code is part of planning and zoning panel’s responsibilities”).

As the Planning & Zoning Commission says, if a developer buys a property, they have a right to build — but they purchase property based on confidence that P&Z will approve a change of zoning that will allow their development. If the land-use plan was for an area to remain AR-1, and P&Z (and the County Council) held to it, developers would have to be more selective, and land grabs would slow, land prices would decrease, and maybe regular people could afford to live here.

However, the Coral Lakes development is like a bad penny that won’t go away, now approved by P&Z despite clear evidence that the end result will be increased flooding to the new development and nearby homes already built. Kick the can down the road, to use another saying.

Who will pay for the flood damage? Not the members of P&Z; we’ll all pay through the increases to our collective insurance rates, taxes and loss of yet another beautiful woodland.

Terry Kansak

Georgetown

Members and subscribers make this story possible.
You can help support non-partisan, community journalism.

x
X