Any community that has thousands of lots pending desperately needs a planning commission that walks the property. You shouldn`t be approving a subdivision plan without walking it. You wouldn`t drive buy a car without a test drive.
They are going to be building the same houses. (After driving around the township,) my conclusion is: You aren`t getting much affordable housing now.
We`ve not had any court challenges to an approach like this. I found in the past five years. I have not had developers oppose it. The hesitancy is from municipal officials who don want to do this or don`t have the time.