Rico
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« on: September 15, 2009, 07:05:30 pm » |
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Well.... It's been quite some time since I started a thread.
This is an idea that I have had for a while. Unfortunately some ideas never reach the light of day because you just don't have the time to play them out.
To begin, I hope the "PlanitTulsa" endeavor has much success, that being said, I am somewhat optimistic that it may have a visible impact during my lifetime.
That is, I think that the wheels of the great "Bureaucracy", that is City Government coupled with Neanderthal development methods may impede any positive effects.
I have always believed the success of the envied cities such as Portland, and others, came from the city taking "Neighborhood/Area Plans" created by the residents of the same and simply adding muscle and a few tricks to expedite the same.. This may well be what some believe will be the outcome of "PlanitTulsa". I hope to Haitees it is. But what if it isn't.
OK all of the above rhetoric being said "How about this while we wait.....?"
Many many acres of the Central Business District zoned land has been used for non CBD purposes. (ie David L Moss Correction Center, Salvation Army, Day Center for the Homeless, Avalon Pre-Release Center, the list is much longer than just these, but you get the picture.
What if we were to take an inventory of the amount of property, that lies within the CBD, that is not being used for CBD zoned uses. Compensate for that number of acres by....... attaching CBD zoning to promising real estate in the areas adjoining the Central Business District.
Thus giving that real estate the most flexible possible zoning , that now exists, to help spur development. It would also greatly increase the area available to generate sales tax revenue. Politicians should love that.
This all could be done in a very short time frame. The results could be far more immediate than trying to rewrite the entire zoning code.
Well like I say..... It has been quite a while since I started a thread.
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