Bill: Rejected PSA Clarification Act

[Real42]

A
BILL
To
Amend the Property Standards Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the Constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'PSA Clarification Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Rep. TheReal42Person.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. Adam_The_Warrior & Rep. AlexanderLove.

2 - Reasons
(1) The Property Standards Act conflicts itself multiple times.
(2) This act seeks to clarify these conflicts and amend plot limitations.
(3) The Developer License is unused and unnecessary.

3 - Section “5 - Residential Zoning” shall be amended as follows:
“(1) (Plots beginning with ‘R’ are residential plots (e.g. ‘r001’).
(2) Residential plots may only have houses built on them.
(3) A player is restricted to owning one three Residentially zoned plots at any one time.
(4) Players cannot have houses with more than three visible floors.
(a) As basements and rooftops aren't entirely visible, they are an exception to this rule.”

4 - Section “16 - Plot Limitations” shall be amended as follows:
“16 - Plot Limitations
(1) C Plots. A citizen may not own more than 20 commercial properties.
(2) R Plots. A citizen may not own more than 2 residential properties.
(3) I Plots. A citizen may not own more than 2 industrial properties
(4) S Plots. A citizen may not own more than 2 skyscraper properties
(5) BM Plots. A citizen may not own more than 1 black market property.
(6) Realtors. Any citizen with a Realtor job may exceed these limitations by 5 plots each (excluding BM plots and CBD regions), provided the plots exceeding these limitations are for the purpose of reselling the plot within 30 days of purchasing the plot.”
Numbering of subsequent sections shall be amended to align with this change.

5 - Section “17 - Breach of Plot Limitations” shall be amended as follows:
“(1) C Plots. A citizen may not own more than 50 commercial properties.
(2) R Plots. A citizen may not own more than 2 3 residential properties.
(3) I Plots. A citizen may not own more than 6 3 industrial properties.
(4) S Plots. A citizen may not own more than 3 skyscraper properties.
(5) BM Plots. A citizen may not own more than 1 black market property.
(6) CBD Plots. A citizen may not own more than 2 CBD properties.
(7) Realtors. Any citizen with a Realtor job may exceed these limitations by 5 plots each (excluding BM plots and CBD regions), provided the plots exceeding these limitations are for the purpose of reselling the plot within 30 days of purchasing the plot.”

6 - Breach of Property Standards Amendment
“20 - Breach of Property Standards
Failing to comply with any part of the Property Standards Act will incur a penalty unless otherwise provided within this Act.
Per Offense: $150 $500”

7 - Removal of the Developer License
"23 - Developer License
(1) Creation of a Developer License would allow select companies to develop empty areas of the city with the intent to sell the plots after the plot is developed.
(2) Allow The Department of Construction and Transportation (DCT) to grant exemption to the Plot Limitations under the following guidelines.
(a) Can only be granted to a company that is registered with the DoC.
(b) The license will be granted to a single owner of a company.
(c) Only one (1) Developer License may be granted to an individual possessing the Realtor profession.
(d) Applicant must not have any pending eviction reports during the application process
(e) Any additional guidelines the DCT may set.
(3) Developer License must state the following:
(a) Name of the Developer License holder
(b) Amount of plots for each plot type they are granted the exemption from (c) Duration of the Developer License
(4) Additionally BM Stalls and CBD regions are to be excluded from the Developer Licence.
(5) The DCT must maintain an accurate and publicly available record of who has a Developer License, the number of plots for each plot type over the limit they can have, and the duration of the license.
(6) The DCT can set any guidelines licensees must follow to maintain the Developer License.
(7) The DCT reserves the right to deny or revoke a Developer License at any time.”

 

[1950Minecrafter]

I would like to clarify that my Aye is because of the bill as a whole, but I am against the 50 commercial plots limit. I think that establishing that limit and no limit at all is, essentially, the same. I will be working on a new bill to reduce it to 20 plots, as it was established before.