Letter: Candidate tells how zoning can help Boone County

Friday, August 1, 2008 | 5:15 p.m. CDT

As well intentioned as he may be, the editorial writer for the Columbia Tribune does not know the difference of up from down when it comes to zoning and re-zoning requests. A property is up-zoned when the density of the property is allowed to increase. It is down-zoned when the density of the property is decreased. When he talks of an increase in density as a down-zoning, he is creating his own definition.

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