Have two huge apartment buildings being constructed next to a largely two story neighborhood (population, issues)

[manimgoindowndown]

Living in North Jersey. A lot of us are very scared and saddened by what is happening with our neighborhood. It seems like our city hall, one of the most corrupt in our county is basically selling off chunks of the city to outside developers. Over the last two years we have seen parking so poorly regulated. No permits, outside residents from NYC coming in renting 1 BR, overfilling it then and leaving their cars on the streets for weeks. I am wondering with a new 10 story construction, what is the best way we can incentivize city hall to respect home owners around here who pay the overwhelming majority of taxes in this residential town?

Parking is a huge issue due to weird zoning and permitting which basically has made these residents com eto our two unregulated blocks. And they for some reason, our blocks, the busiest in the city, have been left out of this permitting. What more many of these apartment building owners i) did not invest in parking lots when they were empty for years, or ii) have residents who do not pay the premium to park in them, opting to instead leave their cars on the streets for weeks if not months at a time.

What more the city, which sucks at enforcement basically doesn't permit out by dimensions of the building/plot but simply gives every resident one parking spot (which is impossible, you can build up a scryscraper as they often due in high density areas and there wouldn't be enough space on the streets). I am wondering what typically happens in this situation, if the city were to say give one parking permit per plot size, how would say a apartment building owner decide who gets a permit?

Basically, we got a really ****t deal, we invested in this neighborhood as home owners, only to basically subsidize the parking costs of out of state residents/businesses who leave their vans/cars parked here, due to poor enforcement, for weeks at a time. This is half an hour out of NYC. We are paying $16k in property taxes yet can't get a single spot outside of the one in front of our driveway for weeks.

[Malloric]

Maybe you should have invested in off-street parking.

[manimgoindowndown]

Originally Posted by Malloric

Maybe you should have invested in off-street parking.

I did, more importantly lots sat around here for years, before the population boom empty, and private developers/existing landlords DIDN"T, opting instead to use tax payer money/public streets to allow for their parking as they collected rent on additional constructions/space.

[NOLA101]

Rental buildings are paying property taxes just like you. There's no difference. You aren't subsidizing the renters.

And you have no right to parking spaces on the street. That's public land, not private land, and homeowners don't have special rights over on-street parking relative to renters.

And if you live near NYC, it isn't exactly surprising that there would be lots of development. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Improves your property values, improves the town's ratables, and the region needs more housing to deal with the housing shortage.

My sense is that you're just a NIMBY and hate change. It could be there are some issues with the new development, and you can always address your concerns with city hall, but I don't really see anything bad with anything you wrote. Sounds like good news for your community, and the new development should be embraced.