Motivating Developers To Preserve Open Space

Zoning strategies can provide incentives to developers who preserve open space.

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March 13, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the past two weeks, one community has passed - and another is considering - zoning changes that reward builders with 'bonus' lots for plotting homesites in clusters and dedicating larger tracts for open space.In addition, a state agency has issued a model ordinance guide for other communities wishing to do the same.Bonus lots give developers an economic incentive to build cluster, or conservation, developments, a relatively new technique for preserving open spaces used as an alternative to large-lot requirements."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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