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Post by CRCP on Dec 11, 2006 12:10:17 GMT -5
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Post by John Zeger on Dec 11, 2006 13:12:17 GMT -5
CRCP has been accused by some as being "radical" and "extremist" in the measures that they are advocating for Kelowna, but when you take a look at the number of cities in North American and elsewhere that have implemented growth controls or that have strong growth control movements it appears that there is nothing radical about such policies at all and that they are pretty commonplace. In the U.S. the state that has seen the greatest sentiment in favour of growth controls is California. In a 2003 study the University of Michigan found that 35% of the 290 California cities that responded to its survey reported that residential growth issues have been controversial "often" or "almost always" in their communities and that 27% (n=78) of the 290 communities had city governments which have a "slow growth" orientation. Of the 290 cities responding 11% (n=32) had annual limits on building permits, 9% (n=26) had population ceilings, and 12% (n=34) had moratoriums on new housing construction.
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Post by John Zeger on Dec 11, 2006 15:48:51 GMT -5
One of the earliest places in California where there was an organized movement to control growth was in San Francisco. Here is an article that details some of the successes and setbacks faced by those that fought for quality of life and social equity in that city. sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/san_francisco.html
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Post by John Zeger on Oct 17, 2007 9:40:21 GMT -5
A limit of 1.8% annual increase in residential growth was established in Davis, California home of the University of California (Davis) in their 1987 General Plan. This limit was further reduced to one percent by a city council resolution in 2005. In the meanwhile Davis has one of the most progressive inclusionary housing policies in the country requiring that developers produce 25% affordable units in each new residential project broken down into 10% affordable to middle income, 10% to low income, and a 5% to very low income households. As in most cities that have established growth controls, additional units of affordable housing are exempt from growth controls.
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Post by John Zeger on Oct 17, 2007 10:14:02 GMT -5
In November 2000 voters of Tracy, Cal. (pop. 78,000) passed a measure that would limit the number of new housing units built to 750 per year which corresponds to an approximate population growth rate of 2%.
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Post by John Zeger on Oct 17, 2007 10:21:51 GMT -5
San Francisco Bay area community Petaluma has had growth controls in effect since 1972 at which time it limited its growth to 500 residential units per year which is in effect to this day.
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