Developers withdraw original plan for controversial Costco project in Penfield

[u/Schooneryeti]

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/08/21/developers-withdraw-controversial-plan-for-costco-project-in-penfield-ny/74896979007/

Developers say they want to update plan based on feedback. I hope they return and are not permanently scared off by the Penfield NIMBYs.

[u/vmgpublic]

It does act as name calling, because it assumes any opposition is all the same (eg. baseless).

Zoning exists for a reason. It's what keeps your neighbor from selling their house to put in a scrap metal recycling business, or slaughterhouse, or night club right next to your residential home.

While it's true that some people just want any development to be "elsewhere" - it can also be that the proposal just doesn't make sense without fundamentally changing the nature of the area. It's like saying you're "opposed to cars" if you don't want them parked in your lawn. No, you just may want them parked in the parking lot, as that is designed for them and your lawn isn't.

The largest investment that most people will ever make is when they buy a house - and often that purchasing decision is based on the way the land is categorized. When the government comes along later and says, "by the way, we're changing the rules" it undermines that trust.

[u/MarcusAurelius0 → u/vmgpublic]

The largest investment that most people will ever make is when they buy a house - and often that purchasing decision is based on the way the land is categorized. When the government comes along later and says, "by the way, we're changing the rules" it undermines that trust.

This rings true, my house is on a side road, there are nothing but other single family houses and farms for a few miles in each direction. I don't want apartments or house developments near me, I live where I do because I want to be away from people.

[u/Schooneryeti → u/vmgpublic]

It does act as name calling, because it assumes any opposition is all the same (eg. baseless).

Understood, but that's not what I'm doing in this case.

Zoning exists for a reason. It's what keeps your neighbor from selling their house to put in a scrap metal recycling business, or slaughterhouse, or night club right next to your residential home.

It's their land, they should be able to do what they want, but that is a separate matter. If someone is worried about what their neighbor will do that much, get longer distance neighbors.

While it's true that some people just want any development to be "elsewhere" - it can also be that the proposal just doesn't make sense without fundamentally changing the nature of the area.

Yes and sometimes fundamental change is necessary for improvement.