tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post498517624472850816..comments2024-03-28T04:58:30.734-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Elbow Room, Says John StoffaBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-49061093819570394872011-10-04T15:00:56.707-04:002011-10-04T15:00:56.707-04:00Bullshit added to bullshit!Bullshit added to bullshit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-8090233075559829212011-10-03T18:38:07.555-04:002011-10-03T18:38:07.555-04:00I go by it all the time. It is very quiet in most ...I go by it all the time. It is very quiet in most areas, is excellent arable land, and the claim by heirs of Tatamy was rejected in Court. But it will be developed. We can't force people to continue using farmland as farmland, except in Lower Mt Bethel.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-50608764882848622202011-10-03T18:30:23.293-04:002011-10-03T18:30:23.293-04:00That Palmer farmland stinks of diesel pollution fr...That Palmer farmland stinks of diesel pollution from 33. The din is 24/7 and loud. Pristine is a bit of a stretch. Don't some Indians own the parcel anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-35465319051154815902011-10-03T08:39:30.413-04:002011-10-03T08:39:30.413-04:00Exactly - you can save a lot more open space by no...Exactly - you can save a lot more open space by not approving the TIF than you can by directly paying for farmland and parks. And shooting down the TIF is likely much closer to what voters had in mind when they approved open space.<br /><br />The better way to do this would be a <a href="http://www.realtor.org/library/library/fg804" rel="nofollow">transfer of development rights.</a><br /><br />With a TDR, Chrin agrees to sever the development rights for x square feet of office and retail space from his title. He retains ownership of the property but not the right to develop. The development rights are sold to another developer who wants to build in an already-built up location, preferably the city of Easton.<br /><br />It's a win-win: Chrin gets the money from the developer, not taxpayers, and that land stays farmland forever. The other developer gets to build x square feet of office and retail space somewhere else - preferably one of the older core cities.<br /><br />I think this is a better way to do farmland preservation in general. You can get both a lot more farmland preservation and a lot more development.Jon Geetinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016281689989655259noreply@blogger.com