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Coastal Sussex really needs cluster ordinance

November 16, 2020

I am writing to express my strong support for the extension of the cluster ordinance to what the comprehensive plan now describes as “Coastal Areas.”   If any part of Sussex County needs more protection from uncontrolled development, it is the coastal area.  

A developer is not required to use the cluster ordinance path to housing construction.  It’s a choice.

I’ve started to hear reports that certain interests, including the farm bureau, are making very dramatic statements about the potential reduction in real estate values if this ordinance amendment is passed.  

I certainly want to know where their numbers are coming from, and how they’re being calculated.  

Opposition to this ordinance amendment looks like a bald-faced move by developers, realtors, and landowners to get their way.  

I don’t believe that they are motivated by anything other than profit, to the detriment of all the other residents of  Sussex. 

I think the council needs to think about the residents who are going to be upset when traffic, water runoff and other problems like rising sea levels get worse.  

A lot of residents are upset right now, and they don’t all live in District 3.  

Carol E. Conroy
Lewes
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