[quote=briansd1]BG, there’s that suburban sprawl and exurban sprawl because it’s so hard to build and increase density in already built-out areas.
I’m telling you, if SD doesn’t want new houses, Temecula, Fallbrook, Escondido, El Cajon, will. Remember those developer fees you talked about before?
Those avocado groves, orange groves or whatever will be mowed over until they are no more.[/quote]
NOT!
brian, I can’t speak for Fallbrook (except that it is in the General (2020?) Plan for SD County and I can’t speak for Temecula. Esco MAY have land left in 92026, however most of that area is very rocky and hilly, some is on a Type-A flood plain and what IS developed is mostly HOA-encumbered SFR tracts (i.e. Lawrence Welk/Mtn Meadow exits). Much of Esco is County and semi-rural. I don’t see that changing.
All El Cajon’s hilltops are already developed that can be developed. A huge portion of its flat land within the county’s general plan (92019) is zoned 1 unit per AC (sorry, NOT going to CHANGE)! The rest was built with HOA-encumbered tracts (i.e. Cottonwood/RSD) 20-25 years ago. 92020 has been zoned SFR, multi-family and comm’l for more than 50 years. The City has allowed in more low-income units here than any other zip code in the county! 92021 has been zoned mostly SFR and comm’l/light industrial for nearly 50 years.
It’s already built out.
Now, if you have a yen for “redevelopment,” I urge you to find yourself one or more “infill lots” in EC, put your Big Developer Hat on, chain your main draftsperson to your arm and head on up to Ruffin Rd and/or City Hall.
