VIA ZONING REFORM
The first is a development-by-right framework, which requires local governments to approve a residential development if the development is consistent with the local development regulations.
It gives local officials the spine to make the correct, but
politically unpopular decision.
The other change is if local government turns down a development, the applicant can appeal directly to the court and that ruling stands.
In the past, courts overturned zoning decisions, but remanded it back to the municipality.
The long
cycle of winding through staff review, lower hearing boards and a vote by
elected officials drove up costs and sometimes killed missing middle and urban
infill projects that would have addressed the housing crisis.
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