"We already have a lot of high-density housing in the area and didn't want to overcrowd our schools."
As a result, construction of medium- and high-density housing in edge cities ranges from difficult to impossible.
Builders who buy the rights can use them to build high-density housing in non-agricultural areas.
Five large areas could be thus rezoned for high-density housing, bringing in 700 to 800 new homes and 2,000 residents.
Yet, high-density housing and public transportation make cities, in some ways, an easier place to grow old.
Previous projects proposed since the 1970s have included oil development, a nuclear power plant and high-density housing.
He also advocated the approach by the council towards high-density housing.
Davidsonville has relatively little commercial development and no high-density housing.
Within a short walk are hotels and high-density housing.
In the 1980's, the federal government no longer supported the building of high-density public housing.