The turmoil at Grove Isle over a developer's plan to erect a new high rise condominium blocking the million dollar views of current residents has a certain irony. Auto magnate Gus Machado and former Miami Herald publisher Alberto Ibarguen are among the powerful residents of Grove Isle who have taken their objections against the developer's plans to court, the same way as Venetian Causeway defenders of their right to view.
Although the legal wrangling is taking place in Miami-Dade court, with attorneys arguing over the fine points of local zoning law, the arguments take place in an atmosphere deprived of state land use planning regulations.
While it is true that Growth Management laws -- stripped by the Governor-in-Thief Rick Scott -- would not have blocked a local zoning controversy from gaining traction for residents, it is indisputably the case that the goal of growth management was to provide a framework for placeholders, including developers and residents, emphasizing an overarching principle to guide community growth.
Grove Isle residents are scarcely the only coastal residents snake-bit by indifference to the importance of good land use regulation. Florida is so much the poorer for Governor Rick Scott, the GOP legislature and the collapse for which they are largely responsible; state land use planning.
I can hear the lawyers for the developer in the Grove Isle case complaining; that's not what this is about. But anyone with a modicum of knowledge can't dodge this Lilliputian arrow: if you had fought for growth management laws instead of blocking them through indifference or support of growth-at-any-cost, your view would not be so threatened.
Developer's plans roil Grove Isle tranquility
MIAMI HERALD
August 22, 2015
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI
aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com
Grove Isle, the gated island enclave just off Coconut Grove prized by residents for its tranquility and panoramic bay views, has been less than tranquil lately.
Read more »Although the legal wrangling is taking place in Miami-Dade court, with attorneys arguing over the fine points of local zoning law, the arguments take place in an atmosphere deprived of state land use planning regulations.
While it is true that Growth Management laws -- stripped by the Governor-in-Thief Rick Scott -- would not have blocked a local zoning controversy from gaining traction for residents, it is indisputably the case that the goal of growth management was to provide a framework for placeholders, including developers and residents, emphasizing an overarching principle to guide community growth.
Grove Isle residents are scarcely the only coastal residents snake-bit by indifference to the importance of good land use regulation. Florida is so much the poorer for Governor Rick Scott, the GOP legislature and the collapse for which they are largely responsible; state land use planning.
I can hear the lawyers for the developer in the Grove Isle case complaining; that's not what this is about. But anyone with a modicum of knowledge can't dodge this Lilliputian arrow: if you had fought for growth management laws instead of blocking them through indifference or support of growth-at-any-cost, your view would not be so threatened.
Developer's plans roil Grove Isle tranquility
MIAMI HERALD
August 22, 2015
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI
aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com
Grove Isle, the gated island enclave just off Coconut Grove prized by residents for its tranquility and panoramic bay views, has been less than tranquil lately.
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