You or I could constitute a "private developer" if the home we were going to build brought in more revenue than the current occupant.
If we had the money, and said to the county "Hey, let me get all of those houses and I will build a nice condo that will generate $x more taxes", yes we could.
889 posted on 06/23/2005 2:09:54 PM PDT by redgolum
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