Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_jd2jgiq wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:36 AM

Reply to comment by DennisG47 in Let's pour one out for the developers of Pittsburgh by PublicCommenter

80 percent of statistics are made up.

And it's actually a typo on the website

> $15,000 to $255,00

Should be $25.5k

CrazyOkie t1_jd2p98b wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:32 PM

The article is so poorly written, I'd be embarrassed if I was the writer.

dlppgh t1_jd3vdh3 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:25 PM

the objective for this media org is to get hits and sell ads based on those numbers. Whether we like it or not, there are no other considerations or standards on the table.

revolutionoverdue t1_jd2m9yh wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:05 PM

Wait, is this true? If so that’s a huge typo. Changes the framework of the whole argument.

YIMBYYay t1_jd356w5 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:35 PM

It's not a typo. The city used to have a site plan review fee that rarely surpassed $30,000, even for big projects. The new fee is based on a project value of $3 per $1000 of construction costs. That's a huge increase.

Willow-girl t1_jd2njta wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:17 PM

So the $400K fee was only supposed to be $40K as well?

YIMBYYay t1_jd2ozr0 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:30 PM

It’s not a typo. The city website says the fee for commercial projects is $3 per $1000 of project value.

DennisG47 t1_jd2tkcp wrote on March 21, 2023 at 1:09 PM

As Tommy Bolt might say, "Bullshit, it's a plain 255,000."