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Lack of zoning in the county came up on the WestRidge thread. By it's nature a development like WestRidge provides basic protections for it's tenants.
I will post some added info here as there was some interest in the zoning topic. This is not colored by my opinion but a news report. This may give people not familiar or new to area an idea of how far away we are from zoning. Zoning dictates land use.
Even basic subdivision regulations cannot be agreed on here. There currently is no standard. Bare bones things like having an adequate road and providing storm water management. A public hearing in 2017 brought out a dozen or so developers who complained of wording in those proposed regulations. One issue was that high density developments are to provide sidewalks on both sides for residents. (sounds reasonable to me )
This report is from Nov 2018. I can find no news updates to this story so I have no idea where this issue stands. With all the building that has been going on in the county for decades, this may illustrate how far we are behind.
Subdivision regulations allow for governing bodies to ensure safe and proper development of roads, storm water management, utilities, right of ways, and other infrastructure needs.
Many proposals have been made by the Monongalia County Planning Commission about these regulations, but agreements couldn’t be made.
The commission made the decision to fund a group that will take these proposals and make a finished product for a presentation on land-use sub-division regulations.
“Right now if you have a problem with water runoff from your neighbor, you have one address, and that is, you may sue your neighbor. That’s it. So we would like to have some sort of standard for all of the subdivisions that are being built.
This second article points out we are even behind other counties in WV on this issue. Yet we are growing faster than most.
Similar ordinances are in place in Kanawha, Greenbrier, Putnam, Morgan, Mineral, Berkely, and Jefferson counties already — setting minimum standards for big developers.
I lived right by here for about 5 years so it’s especially exciting for me to hear they are doing something with the school since I used to drive past it everyday. When is it supposed to be done?
This town doesn't need high end developments. It needs affordable developments.
Affordable rentals will always be hard to come by in Morgantown. The expanding healthcare field, Westridge businesses, and 20,000+ students drive demand sky high.
This town doesn't need high end developments. It needs affordable developments.
While affordable developments are always needed (and I pause to think this site is the best for new "luxury" housing), increasing the housing stock at all does work to increase availability of affordable housing. Here's a good write-up, IMO: https://www.citylab.com/perspective/...-yimby/591061/
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