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Home builders urge county to limit developer agreement burdens as construction costs rise
Summary
A representative of the Medina County Home Builders Association told commissioners that a proposed developer's agreement and sanitary regulation changes are increasing housing costs, while the county's building department reported rising commercial work and steady new-home starts.
David Lahoten, executive officer of the Medina County Home Builders Association and CEO of All Construction Services, told the Medina County Board of Commissioners on June 17 that builders remain concerned about a proposed developer's agreement and recent sanitary regulations, saying the added regulatory burden increases costs for new homes.
Lahoten said his group provided a redline of the developer's agreement for county review and asked the board to adopt the least-intrusive approach possible to avoid raising lot and house prices. "We keep asking why we have the subdivision regulations in place, but we need a developer's agreement on top of that," he said. "These devices are in place. So we feel that it really is unnecessary." He added that he would continue to…
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