Land

topic posted Wed, November 9, 2005 - 8:24 AM by  Unsubscribed
There are several ways that land could be purchased for BMC (Building Man City.)

Here's one idea (of many) for land purchase:
First an umbrella non-profit corporation could be set up. This corporation (having the rights of a US citizen) would then purchase a large swath of land. Money for this purchase can be aquired either through donations or through the sale of shares of the non-profit. At a set point the non-profit would then purchase a large piece of land, somewhere where land is cheap.

Here's on idea (of many) for the allocation of purpose of the purchased land:

The non-profit that purchased the land would draw up a civic plan. Because this is a permanent city real care should be taken to place large sound structures further away from residential zones. I would propose four zones: civic (for things like sewage treatement, garbage dumps, jail, civic offices, snow plow storage etc...), high sound residential, art (like the open space on the playa), low sound residential. A street system should be planned.

Heres an idea (of many) of how to allocate the land for individual usage:

The non-profit corporation would then begin taking applications for land usage. Land is then assigned (or denied) based on these applications for a leased period of time (varied by applicant.) The lease price will be based on projected property taxes, and civic costs, for the amount of land that is allocated. At the end of the lease the land is either reallocated, or the lease is renewed. The factors for reallocation by the non-profit could be a set-list of criteria which are either met, or not during the term of the lease, or it could be based on voting by the board that runs the non-profit. Since share holders elect the board this will closely resemble a civic council.
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