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Originally Posted by mrjanejacobs
....It's always in the city's interest to facilitate net-profit for private industry. It's a pros-cons game, designed to optimize social benefit with a healthy compromise. But in the end, pro-development attitudes that don't stand in the way of the public interest are ultimately in the best interest of society.
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I agree...to a point.
The problem in this case is that the city would not allow the owner to maximize their profits if it meant replacing the garage with something more profitable. Instead, the city is manipulating its own zoning to attempt to arrive at a compromise with the owner.
I personally think that this particular "pro-development" does stand in the way public interest because of the visual impact it will have on this structure.
Where the city needs to facilitate industry is in the west end of downtown. They need to designate a new CBD there and put the proper zoning in place to create the proper height and density.