Posted by JML755 on May 01, 2008 at 08:45:46 from (66.184.63.110):
In Reply to: Fighting Developers posted by T_Bone on April 30, 2008 at 20:27:30:
Dicey subject. As others have said, property rights are inherent in our system of government. Just because a neighbor doesn't want a sub next door, that doesn't mean it's right to trample on the owner's property rights. One thing to check is the Master Plan (if they have one) of the local government unit. It will show the future "development" direction for the area. This means that if a developer wants to put a factory in an area that is currently zoned rural, it will be hard to stop if the Master Plan calls for it to be industrial, for example. The zoning change would probably go through and if it doesn't on the first try, the developer will probably win in court. I've seen many of these fights here in Southeast Michigan. We've had 2 or 3 instances in our township alone recently where golf courses have been turned into shopping centers and subdivisions. The neighbors howled like crazy. (Imagine paying a premium for a lot that backed up to a beautiful country club and then end up looking at the back of a Walmart or a condo.) Guess what? The golf courses are gone.
I've got neighbors that didn't like the idea of me buying a beautiful piece of property and asking them to not use it as their personal recreation area. They said the previous owners let them ride their ATVs all over it. I told them if they liked it so much, they should have bought it themselves.
Anyway, if the master plan and zoning allow it, not much you can do. Look on the bright side. A sub of big dollar houses on 8 acres nearby probably won't hurt YOUR property values. It could be a landfill. Now THAT would sure hurt them. :(
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