Albuquerque's former planning director opines on the city's new Planned Growth Strategy, a result of four years of planning.
"Currently, the plans and policies say one thing, but we get another. This createsantagonism between city regulators and developers on one hand and between developers andneighborhoods on the other... This detailed work will give us new zoning categories to allow mixed-use development and pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods. It will put a development fee system in place that will provide additional revenues, so we can accommodate new growth. It will free up our capital program, funded by property taxes, to tackle the backlog of rehabilitation and deficiency needs. It will seek cooperation between city and APS planners in coordinating capital planning. It will require real consideration of the capacity of infrastructure, including schools, to handle new growth before approving new subdivisions. And it will provide financial incentives for developers, such as reductions in impact fees, for carrying out Planned Growth Strategy goals..."
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