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I'm afraid the "airport was here first" defense is worthless. If the
airport was there for 50 years and the first new homeowner started squawking on day one, the airport is at risk. In many counties, airports are taxed as farmland, or at some other vastly reduced rate. That same property with shiny new homes on it usually brings in 5X to 10X or greater tax dollars. The developers make a fortune, and so do the little "town fathers" (and their entire families) for approving developments and looking the other way while various building and zoning codes are ignored. The posting below nails it, it is all about the money. For us common folk, what you are fighting is called "progress" in the good ole' US. Can't win that fight. The only winning move is to, well... move! Go to where the development ain't. Put in an airstrip. Wait 20 years for the greedy *******s to get out there. Then, cash in and make a fortune and move further out. Simple. No? Good Luck, Mike BillC85 wrote: I live on a residential airpark. We have a development going in just South of us. The development is planned for 92 homes on 75 acres. I'm concerned. We've put up a large sign pointing right at the development that says "Welcome to the Airpark" and explains how many airplanes are based here, how may operations per month, 24 hour per day operation, student activity, etc. in hopes someone might see the sign and elect to go elsewhere for their shiny new homestead. A friend of mine who is a county judge by trade says we shouldn't have any problems because we were here first. I believe he's correct but only up until their tax base is bigger than our tax base. Don't **** yourself folks, at the end of the day it's all about the money. BillC85 "VideoGuy" gkasten at brick dot net wrote in message ... "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... Doesn't explain the cases (just about every one) where they built homes near airports that already existed. Here's another example of this exact senerio; A big-time builder has purhased a large hunk of land in the 500 year flood plain. Dug out small lakes and ponds to make other areas a few inches higher than this high water mark. Now wants to develop a "New Town" concept- houses, apartments, condos, retail, etc. Local city is so busy rubbing their greedy little hands together, already counting the anticipated taxes that there seems to be NOTHING this builder wants that he can't have. The CITY-OWNED municipal airport is just across the street and down the road about a quarter mile. Traffic pattern is now over this formerly agricultural field. This airport has been here since before WWII, and has a flight school that has operated continuously, with the same ownership for almost 25 years. Now they haven't built even ONE house yet- just a glorified sales office. I called their office and asked the sales person about the "little airport" that was nearby. He informed me that I shouldn't be concerned, they are pretty sure they can get it closed in a year or two. It just wasn't as important to the city as HIS grand, new development! Maybe he'll have a "plumbing fire" or some other unpleasantry soon. Or... maybe the Mississippi and Missouri will decide to join again like they did in '93. The development may be above the 500 year mark, but the roads around it sure aren't. In '93 they flew all the planes out of this "little airport", sandbagged around the airport buildings and waited. Wonder how well that'll work with a bunch of people who are stuck either inside their houses, or stuck a mile away from the entrance to their pretty little "New Town"? Wanna bet how long it takes before there's complaints about those "little planes" flying over my new house? Gary Kasten __________________________________________________ _____________________________ Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com The Worlds Uncensored News Source |
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You are all Right!!!!!
I lived in Philadelphia a few years ago and there was a "small" airport on the north side. The owner tried to get me to hanger there.....no way..... His grandfather had his pilot certif signed by one of the Wright Bros. It was an airport that long. Anyway, he was offered 6.75mil, I believe, for the property to make it into condos. Would you sell it? You bet..... Anyway, it's about the money in this case too.... John N3DR "Mike Spera" wrote in message ... I'm afraid the "airport was here first" defense is worthless. If the airport was there for 50 years and the first new homeowner started squawking on day one, the airport is at risk. In many counties, airports are taxed as farmland, or at some other vastly reduced rate. That same property with shiny new homes on it usually brings in 5X to 10X or greater tax dollars. The developers make a fortune, and so do the little "town fathers" (and their entire families) for approving developments and looking the other way while various building and zoning codes are ignored. The posting below nails it, it is all about the money. For us common folk, what you are fighting is called "progress" in the good ole' US. Can't win that fight. The only winning move is to, well... move! Go to where the development ain't. Put in an airstrip. Wait 20 years for the greedy *******s to get out there. Then, cash in and make a fortune and move further out. Simple. No? Good Luck, Mike BillC85 wrote: I live on a residential airpark. We have a development going in just South of us. The development is planned for 92 homes on 75 acres. I'm concerned. We've put up a large sign pointing right at the development that says "Welcome to the Airpark" and explains how many airplanes are based here, how may operations per month, 24 hour per day operation, student activity, etc. in hopes someone might see the sign and elect to go elsewhere for their shiny new homestead. A friend of mine who is a county judge by trade says we shouldn't have any problems because we were here first. I believe he's correct but only up until their tax base is bigger than our tax base. Don't **** yourself folks, at the end of the day it's all about the money. BillC85 "VideoGuy" gkasten at brick dot net wrote in message ... "Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... Doesn't explain the cases (just about every one) where they built homes near airports that already existed. Here's another example of this exact senerio; A big-time builder has purhased a large hunk of land in the 500 year flood plain. Dug out small lakes and ponds to make other areas a few inches higher than this high water mark. Now wants to develop a "New Town" concept- houses, apartments, condos, retail, etc. Local city is so busy rubbing their greedy little hands together, already counting the anticipated taxes that there seems to be NOTHING this builder wants that he can't have. The CITY-OWNED municipal airport is just across the street and down the road about a quarter mile. Traffic pattern is now over this formerly agricultural field. This airport has been here since before WWII, and has a flight school that has operated continuously, with the same ownership for almost 25 years. Now they haven't built even ONE house yet- just a glorified sales office. I called their office and asked the sales person about the "little airport" that was nearby. He informed me that I shouldn't be concerned, they are pretty sure they can get it closed in a year or two. It just wasn't as important to the city as HIS grand, new development! Maybe he'll have a "plumbing fire" or some other unpleasantry soon. Or... maybe the Mississippi and Missouri will decide to join again like they did in '93. The development may be above the 500 year mark, but the roads around it sure aren't. In '93 they flew all the planes out of this "little airport", sandbagged around the airport buildings and waited. Wonder how well that'll work with a bunch of people who are stuck either inside their houses, or stuck a mile away from the entrance to their pretty little "New Town"? Wanna bet how long it takes before there's complaints about those "little planes" flying over my new house? Gary Kasten __________________________________________________ __________________________ ___ Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com The Worlds Uncensored News Source |
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Anyway, he was offered 6.75mil, I believe, for the property to make it into
condos. Would you sell it? You bet.... That's basically what happened in my home county in 1985 to our ONLY airport. It was privately owned and the big money people just offered him so much money he couldn't refuse. It's now a Costco and an office park called (of all painful ironies) "Airport Executive Park". Arghhhh! www.Rosspilot.com |
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