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Keep development
off of rural land
Re: “Housing could fill in open spaces” (Page A1, April 21).
The Mountain Winery and other owners of wilderness or farm property who are trying to use the “builder’s remedy” law to build in rural areas are making a mistake. They’re seeking to use a law that doesn’t apply to them.
The “builder’s remedy” lets developers bypass local zoning in counties or cities that have missed their deadlines to submit plans for future housing to the state. But even the builder’s remedy prohibits building in open space areas like where the Mountain Winery is located, and in areas lacking adequate water and sewer service.
Green Foothills, a local environmental nonprofit, opposes these ill-advised projects and urges Santa Clara County to reject them. Our area desperately needs more housing, but we should build infill…
