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Originally Posted by McC
would that also reduce the property tax bill on my relatively tall and small-footprint townhouse? if so, then I'm all for it! ;-)
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wait a second.... but wouldn't that distort the differential between urban and exurban tax rates even further? e.g., take the McMansion out of the equation and what's the piece of Dunrobin land worth? whereas my little patch of 20-some by 40-some in Mechanicsvile would still be worth...? Honest question, cause you know more planning theory than I do!
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Yes, it would, but if you added in Pamela Blais style pricing for services (water, sewer, road, etc) based on frontage, that would at least partly balance that out. I can't remember where I read about this, but it has been successful in the past at creating good urban form. There would obviously be winners and losers and finessing to be done, but it's something to think about.