To subdivide or not to subdivide, that is the question. Or is
it?
A lot of people are confused with the difference between
subdividing and building. Also, some people are confused about the
difference between building in the county and building in the City
of Hollister.
To subdivide or not to subdivide, that is the question. Or is it?
A lot of people are confused with the difference between subdividing and building. Also, some people are confused about the difference between building in the county and building in the City of Hollister.
The large subdivisions that come into being in Hollister and the difference between ranchers and farmers subdividing their properties are two different things. Some people equate subdividing with huge subdivisions and automatically having more traffic and less farm land. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Do you realize how many properties in the county there are that have several homes on one parcel and these homes are occupied by grandfathers, grandmothers, husband, wife, son and his family or daughter and her family. You may have three or four immediate family members living on a single property in separate homes. The land is still farmed or ranched and will continue to be used for this purpose, but if Measure G passes, this property may now be divided into three or four separate parcels in order to protect each family member’s interest should one of the owners die. These people’s right to keep their property in the family will be taken away from them. The rights of a parent to subdivide his or her property and leave it to his or her children as their separate property will now be denied. We are talking about families who have lived here for generations.
We have a building moratorium in the county that takes care of the mass building that so many people object to. We have limits that will not allow more than 1-percent building per year, which equates out to approximately 67 homes per year. I don’t think 67 homes a year will produce huge traffic jams.
Get your facts straight, make sure you understand what you are voting for. Let the people who pay the taxes, work the land, deal with too much rain or not enough rain, hail, pestilence, etc. decide on what to do with their property. Understand the difference between the city and the county. Don’t make the small guy suffer again.
Phyllis Swallow,
Hollister
