By Melissa Rosequist | Your Valley (Photo by A. Kumar)
In an April 22 letter to city officials, Goldwater Institute officials estimate Scottsdale may be liable for billions of dollars to affected property owners if the desert rural neighborhoods zoning designation becomes a reality.
The Goldwater Institute is the fourth entity to write to Scottsdale city officials in opposition of its proposed desert rural neighborhoods land-use designation.
In an April 22 letter, Christina Sandefur writes the proposed land use designation would “expose Scottsdale to serious legal liabilities.”
Ms. Sandefur serves as executive vice president of the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute.
If approved, the designation would limit areas under this zoning to be large lot, rural lifestyle neighborhoods, which city officials say would be found predominantly in north Scottsdale.
